The mechanisms of building a post-acute care network: navigating the care continuum

Beutler, William (2016) The mechanisms of building a post-acute care network: navigating the care continuum. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

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Abstract

Healthcare continues to rapidly evolve from a simplistic fee-for-service model to that of healthcare system management of a population. Healthcare management models that seek to advance public health include the requirement that an episode of care comprehensively also incorporate the post-acute care placement, management, and costs. Historically, post-acute care has been managed by independent providers. However, in an era of bundled payment and responsibility for the entire episode of care being transferred to a hospital-based health care network, it is now imperative that health care systems develop a partnership on some level with their post-acute care providers. Currently the public health is served by primarily independent post-acute care providers that are often expensive and rarely coordinate with the providers that refer patients to them. The impact of this is that a high cost post-acute care episode is driven by an individual institution seeking to maximizing revenue with a sole focus on the post-acute care issues and with little knowledge of the overall long term needs of the individual patient. This uncoordinated system has a meaningful negative impact on the value of care provided. Ultimately with respect to the population there is a consequential public health impact that offers a significant opportunity for improvement.

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Item Type:	Other Thesis, Dissertation, or Long Paper (Master Essay)
Status:	Unpublished
Creators/Authors:	Creators Email Pitt Username ORCID Beutler, William wcb12@pitt.edu WCB12
Contributors:	Contribution Contributors Name Email Pitt Username ORCID Committee Chair Friede, Samuel friede@pitt.edu FRIEDE UNSPECIFIED Committee Member Albert, Steven smalbert@pitt.edu SMALBERT UNSPECIFIED
Date:	31 March 2016
Date Type:	Submission
Access Restriction:	No restriction; Release the ETD for access worldwide immediately.
Publisher:	University of Pittsburgh
Institution:	University of Pittsburgh
Schools and Programs:	School of Public Health > Health Policy & Management
Degree:	MHA - Master of Health Administration
Thesis Type:	Master Essay
Refereed:	Yes
Date Deposited:	07 Sep 2016 16:42
Last Modified:	04 Jul 2023 11:58
URI:	http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/27515

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