The LTC ACO summit brought long-term care providers and partners together in Louisville, Kentucky, on October 5–6, 2026, to discuss performance data, Medicare benchmarking and coordination of hospice and palliative care.
Key Takeaways
- Participants saw a demonstration of current performance dashboards designed to help practices identify gaps and set priorities.
- Hospice and palliative care discussions focused on enrollment timing, quality and coordination among care providers.
LTC ACO summit examines performance tools
The two-day meeting gathered participating practices, clinical leaders, external experts and industry partners to prepare for the performance year ahead. Sessions covered Medicare accountable care organization benchmarking, clinical documentation, compliance and quality measures.
Participating practices shared approaches to using performance reports, addressing quality gaps and strengthening relationships with facilities. LTC ACO also demonstrated dashboards intended to help teams use performance information more proactively, rather than relying solely on retrospective reporting.
Hospice coordination and costs
Guest speaker Ab Brody of NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing discussed the clinical and business value of hospice care, including challenges involving care coordination, dementia-specific needs, differences in hospice quality and the timing of enrollment.
The discussion considered total cost of care alongside quality, acute care use and the experiences of residents and families. It also highlighted very late hospice enrollment and hospitalizations following hospice discharge as areas warranting closer attention.
Next milestone
LTC ACO plans to continue the discussions through future Office Hours, educational programming and direct collaboration with participating practices.
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