Despite the challenges, skilled nursing facilities have succeeded at setting up their own specialty Medicare Advantage plans — and the strategy represents a key potential weapon amid the rise of alternative payment models.
Institutional Special Needs Plans (I-SNPs) remain a small part of the overall Medicare Advantage landscape, according to a panel discussion at the American Health Care Association’s annual conference earlier this month in Orlando, Fla.
But their influence is growing as providers both control their reimbursement dollars and redesign their care plans in ways that fit into other new payment models.
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