NEW YORK: One of the USA’s most prominent companies managing patient placements in post-acute care settings appears set to expand in new markets, after being acquired by Cardinal Health.
Through a proprietary technology that analyses what likely patient outcomes will be, naviHealth works with health plans to guide patients from acute care settings to the most appropriate levels of follow-up care — for instance, rehabilitation in skilled nursing facilities, assisted living communities or back home. The company is in talks with a local entity…