Modern Healthcare January 13, 2018
For those of us on the delivery side of healthcare, let’s make a collective resolution for 2018. Let’s make this the year we take the future into our own hands on behalf of the communities we serve.
Rather than allowing external forces to shape our destiny, we have an opportunity to lead the way and redefine healthcare across the country. Here are nine predictions for how health systems will steer the course of events in 2018.
1. Health providers will mobilize their communities to preserve Medicaid and Medicare.
As lawmakers weigh potential cuts in Medicare and Medicaid, providers will create a national dialogue about these safety-net programs, focused on who depends on them, the implications of potential reductions, and...