Premier : Five Steps To Create Successful Post-Acute Care Partnerships
February 13, 2017 at 10:48 am EST
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Becker's Hospital Review: Andy Edeburn: The crucial transition period after a major hospital procedure can often mean the difference between full recovery and an adverse event - making post-acute care a critical juncture when it comes to patient outcomes. To put it in perspective, almost half of Medicare patients use some form of post-acute care after an acute discharge. However, there typically has been limited coordination between acute and post-acute providers. Historically, once a patient left the hospital, there was little financial incentive to track patients who required post-acute care. This has driven loose or informal referral relationships between acute and post-acute care providers, as well as limited standards to help clinicians determine the best settings for this type of care.
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Premier, Inc. is a healthcare improvement company uniting an alliance of approximately 4,350 United States hospitals and health systems and approximately 300,000 other providers and organizations. It operates through two segments: Supply Chain Services and Performance Services. The Supply Chain Services segment includes the Companyâs group purchasing organizations (GPO), supply chain co-management, purchased services, and direct sourcing activities. The Performance Services segment consists of three sub-brands, which include PINC AI, the Companyâs technology and services platform; Contigo Health, the Companyâs direct-to-employer business; and Remitra, the Companyâs digital invoicing and payables business. It delivers technology-enabled platform that offers critical supply chain services, clinical, financial, operational and value-based care software as a service (SaaS) as well as clinical and enterprise analytics licenses, consulting services, and third-party administrator services.
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