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This article was originally featured in Skilled Nursing News. As value-based care continues to reshape post-acute environments, skilled nursing providers are being evaluated on more than the care they deliver. Increasingly, success depends on an organization's ability to identify risk early, reduce avoidable hospitalizations, support successful transitions, and demonstrate measurable outcomes for hospitals, health plans, and other value-based partners. Meeting those expectations requires providers to align assessment data, patient status, care planning, interdisciplinary collaboration, and clinical decision-making in real-time. That reality is placing greater focus on one of the most influential, yet often underrecognized, roles in skilled nursing: the Nurse...read more

Third-party audit of the Real Time Portal builds on HITRUST Certification to validate controls that protect sensitive patient data while ensuring consistent, reliable system performance across daily operations at scale   Baltimore, MD, July 7, 2026 – Real Time Medical Systems (Real Time), the industry-leading, KLAS Rated, and HITRUST r2 Certified post-acute care analytics solution, announced today that its Real Time Portal has achieved System and Organization Controls (SOC) 2 Type 2 compliance, demonstrating its ability to securely manage customer data and maintain strong, reliable safeguards over time. Conducted in accordance with the standards of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants...read more

This article was originally featured in Fierce Healthcare. CMS has set a new direction for accountable care. The Long-term Enhanced ACO Design (LEAD) model, which will replace ACO REACH when it concludes at the end of 2026, spans January 1, 2027 through December 31, 2036 – a full decade of commitment that represents the longest accountable care program CMS has ever tested. For acute care health systems and ACO leaders, LEAD doesn’t just extend the timeline – it fundamentally reshapes how value-based care (VBC) success must be achieved and maintained over time. Where previous models emphasized short-term savings and episodic performance,...read more

Independent validation of the Real Time Portal confirms rigorous security controls and a high standard of performance in safeguarding sensitive healthcare data   Baltimore, MD, June 17, 2026 – Real Time Medical Systems (Real Time), the industry-leading, KLAS Rated, and HITRUST r2 Certified post-acute care analytics solution, announced today that its Real Time Portal residing at Amazon Web Services (AWS) has earned HITRUST r2 Certification for cybersecurity and information protection for the third time. The HITRUST r2 Certification validates that Real Time has implemented and operationalized comprehensive security controls to protect sensitive healthcare data while effectively managing risk in an increasingly complex...read more

Live data analytics empower skilled nursing leaders to close performance gaps, strengthen compliance, and drive better financial and clinical outcomes in value-based care models   Baltimore, MD, June 16, 2026 – Real Time Medical Systems (Real Time), the industry-leading, KLAS Rated, and HITRUST r2 Certified post-acute care analytics solution, announced today its participation in the Health Care Council of Illinois (HCCI) First Annual Convention, taking place June 16–18, 2026, in Champaign, IL. As skilled nursing facility leaders, clinical teams, and industry partners gather for education and innovation discussions, Real Time will showcase AI-enabled, data-driven strategies post-acute providers can implement to navigate reimbursement...read more

New platform strengthens connection between the health system and skilled nursing providers to improve care and reduce avoidable readmissions   Baltimore, MD, April 28, 2026 – Smoother patient transitions from hospitals to continuing care facilities and better patient outcomes are now possible thanks to a collaboration between Real Time Medical Systems (Real Time), the industry-leading post-acute analytics solution for post-hospital care, and Allina Health, a large nonprofit health system serving Minnesota and western Wisconsin. This month, the organizations launched Real Time’s AI-driven platform within several skilled nursing facilities to enhance care coordination and ensure smoother transitions through real-time, actionable insights. Patients...read more