y Care, and Acute Hospital Care. The team's key members for each patient control these eight aspects. They are the physician, the social worker, and the rehabilitation therapist. These people control all vital aspects for patient care and also control the profits and losses of the PACE program (Eng).
2. What are the main consideration in choosing an organization (or alliance or network of organizations) and operate a PACE program? That is, what types of organizational commitments would be required and what would be the characteristics of a successful PACE sponsor?
The main consideration in choosing an organization to operate a PACE program revolves around one question. Can the population available sustain a PACE program? The answer is yes if there are enough people over 55 that will participate in the program. Another consideration when choosing an alliance or network is whether or not one can negotiation capitation rates that will allow the PACE program to stay in business. Medicare capitation is based on AAPCC, or aver
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