Becker's Healthcare March 26, 2024
Healthcare is in flux. Hospitals across the nation report clinician shortages and tight margins, and insurers are pushing more care into the lower cost settings.
Forward-looking hospital leaders are feeling the pinch and getting serious about value-based care, which means promoting leaders who can embrace this value transition and innovate for the future.
“I anticipate a dedicated set of roles and skills to help navigate the path from fee for service and volume to value-heavy agreements [will be essential],” David Rottinghaus, MD, president of the physician network at Butler (Pa.) Health System, told Becker’s. “We will need to make sure there is a steady flow of revenue to sustain health system operations, while directing resources toward quality arrangements with payers.”
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