H&HN May 4, 2015
Paul Keckley

Risk-based contracts, achieving proper scale and regulatory pressure add to the stress of transforming hospital and health system operations.

A small group of hospital and health system CEOs last week shared their challenges and compared notes over breakfast about what’s ahead for the field. Here’s what I heard. Hospital/health system leaders believe the U.S. health system is at a tipping point that’s unprecedented.

They do not believe the “new normal” is a repeat of the past nor do they think their management teams, boards and physician leaders necessarily comprehend its impact. They know that optimizing performance around operating efficiency, regulatory compliance, patient safety, physician engagement and revenue growth are table stakes: doing well in these areas is no guarantee of...

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Topics: ACA (Affordable Care Act), ACO (Accountable Care), Congress / White House, Health System / Hospital, Medicaid, Medicare, Patient / Consumer, Payer, Physician, Primary care, Provider, Regulations, Retail care, Value Based
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