New Jersey-Based Virtua Launches Preferred Provider Network For Nursing Homes & Rehab Centers

To improve care transitions and reduce 30-day hospital readmission rates, Virtua, a health system in New Jersey, formed a preferred provider network for nursing homes and rehabilitation centers. The network includes 36 nursing home operators in Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, and Mercer Counties. Virtua began forming the nursing home network in early 2014. Virtua used nine criteria to evaluate nursing home facilities for inclusion in the network. The criteria included the nursing homes’ willingness to participate on specific measures to improve patient care and the nursing homes’ ability to participate in Virtua’s health information exchange.

Non-profit Virtua is . . .