Becker's Healthcare April 15, 2024
From his vantage point as CEO of University of Pennsylvania Health System, Kevin Mahoney sees a math problem unfolding for health systems of all types — one that will require stronger responses than many may be ready for.
Mr. Mahoney, who has led the health system pillar of $10 billion Penn Medicine in Philadelphia since 2019, says that while rhetoric about financial models and reform carries on in healthcare, the scale continues to tip toward one direction for health system revenue.
“I think we have a math problem in healthcare,” Mr. Mahoney said April 8 at the Becker’s Annual Meeting in Chicago. “Medicare for all, Medicare for none — the debate goes on and on. While we’re talking about...