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title: Five Ways to Master Margins in Long-Term Care & Senior Living
description: Managed care in senior living is here. Fee-for-service is expected to be less than 20% of skilled payer mix. Providers can put practices in place to better manage downward pressure on margins.
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### Five Ways to Master Margins in Long-Term Care

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Over the next 10 years, **fee-for-service is expected to be less than 20% of skilled payer mix which has proved problematic for providers** as mastering managed care is not just a payer shift, but a cultural shift as well.

With this guide:

- Identify five key areas of focus to be well-positioned for managed care
- Transition to a per patient day (PPD) approach for managing costs and make margins well-defined and easier to measure
- Learn the steps to optimize labor for improved operating expenses (hint: cutting staff is not the approach)

Downward pressure on margins in post-acute is the new normal. **Download this resource and improve on your process, or put a plan into motion today!**

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