Jade Gong, MBA, RN, vice president of strategic initiatives at HDG, and Richard Burke, MA, MBA, president of senior care services at Fallon Community Health Plan in Worcester, Mass. co-authored an article that recently appeared in Advance for Long-Term Care Management. The article, Going the Distance, addressed ways PACE leaders can remain financially strong during this financial storm, with a focus on seven key considerations:

1. Proactively reinforce and monitor doing the basics well. 
2. Top-line revenue must reflect participant acuity.
3. Manage utilization of medical services with a best practices approach.
4. Scrutinize the appropriateness of expenditures.
5. Understand the unit costs of your medical expenses.
6. Seek opportunities to leverage technology.
7. Create an operations management dashboard.

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