Healthcare Finance News February 12, 2018
Medical decision are being made in the hub of a large system quite the way there were just a few short years ago.
Inpatient procedures, such as hip replacements and other surgeries, are in the midst of a migration. They’re moving out of big hospitals, in fact, and into the ambulatory facilities — freestanding clinics included.
A big part of the reason? Cost.
It’s a serious market shift from where things were five or six years ago, when most medical decisions and procedures took place in the main hub of a large system. Greg Hagood, senior managing director at SOLIC Capital and head of its healthcare practice, said the shift began about two years ago — and it’s been picking...