HealthLeaders Media February 9, 2022
David Weldon

One of the most significant trends impacting the cost of healthcare is continued hospital consolidations and acquisitions, says AHIP director.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

– The continued trend mergers and acquisitions is pushing up the cost to deliver healthcare in general.

Inflation is hitting healthcare especially hard, and rising drug prices are said to be ‘out of control.’

The typical healthcare consumer has more insurance options than a year ago, which can help lower the cost for a plan.

The staffing crisis in healthcare, along with the rising costs to provide quality care, will dominate the top issues facing healthcare CFOs in 2022. But equally important are the reduced or insufficient reimbursements that many hospitals and healthcare systems are...

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Topics: Equity/SDOH, Health System / Hospital, Healthcare System, Insurance, Mergers & Acquisitions / JV, Payer, Physician, Provider, Trends
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