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Top industry experts share proven methods to help SNFs strengthen documentation accuracy, optimize reimbursement, and drive better care outcomes   Baltimore, MD, October 20, 2025 – Real Time Medical Systems (Real Time), the industry-leading, KLAS Rated, and HITRUST Certified post-acute analytics solution, announced today its participation in the AHCA/NCAL Convention & Expo, Delivering Solutions 25, taking place October 19-22, 2025, in Las Vegas, NV. As long-term and post-acute professionals gather to explore innovative approaches to care delivery, Real Time will demonstrate how its AI-driven, Interventional Analytics solution uses live clinical data to deliver meaningful insights—supporting value-based success while reducing administrative and regulatory...read more

New AI driven solution enables real-time collaboration between hospitals and post-acute partners to reduce readmissions, manage length of stay, and streamline care transitions   Baltimore, MD, September 30, 2025 – Real Time Medical Systems (Real Time), the industry-leading, KLAS Rated, and HITRUST Certified interventional analytics solution, announces the launch of TEAM Insights, an innovative AI driven tool designed to help hospitals succeed under CMS’s latest value-based care initiative—TEAM (Transforming Episode Accountability Model). TEAM Insights delivers real-time visibility into patient care within the post-acute setting, strengthening coordination with post-acute partners to support integrated services throughout surgical episodes, facilitate smooth transitions, and improve recovery...read more

Originally published by TIME on September 18, 2025. While technology has always played a role in diagnosing and treating disease, the health care industry as a whole has been slower to adopt innovative digital platforms for analyzing data to change how care is delivered. To determine the world’s top health tech companies in 2025, TIME partnered with Statista to conduct a global analysis of companies delivering the most impactful technologies to improve health. The companies were ranked on three metrics—financial performance, reputation analysis, and online engagement—and classified into categories depending on the service they provide. Companies focusing on AI &...read more

This article is sponsored by Real Time Medical Systems and was originally featured in Skilled Nursing News. As value-based care (VBC) continues to redefine reimbursement models and quality standards in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), the Director of Nursing (DON) plays a central role — driving clinical excellence, operational efficiency and financial performance. With hospitals, health plans and VBC programs increasingly viewing SNFs as strategic partners, the DON’s influence is just as vital in broader care discussions as it is within the facility. Lindsey Ford, RN, has seen this leadership first-hand: the SNF DON actively making rounds, engaging with staff and...read more

This article was originally featured in Fierce Healthcare. As the transition to value-based care (VBC) continues to present both opportunities and challenges, post-acute care (PAC) remains a significant cost driver for health plans. Traditionally overseen through administrative channels, it’s increasingly clear that health plans operating in today’s VBC landscape need a more innovative approach to managing post-acute spend – one that leverages a critical, yet often overlooked, clinical partner: the Post-Acute Director of Nursing (DON). DONs represent a largely untapped resource for health plans aiming to improve outcomes and control costs among their most vulnerable member populations. One of the...read more

Originally published in NADONA's The Director Quarterly Journal, Spring 2025 Issue. Over the past few months, we have all become aware of CMS Memo – QSO-25-07-NH – Revised Long-Term Care (LTC) Surveyor Guidance, which includes significant revisions to enhance the quality and oversight of the LTC survey process. With the effective date now pushed to April 28 (QSO-25-14-NH), surveyors continue to learn the revised guidance and prepare for upcoming surveys. In addition to these revisions, many facilities face increasingly complex surveys that span several years of review. CMS has also announced the reinstatement of the Internet Quality Improvement and Evaluation...read more