Opinion Based List:
Ten Trends to Tend to in 2012
Submitted by Clive Riddle on Thu, 12/01/2011 - 16:53
- Supreme Court Affordable Care Act decision and presidential election will either cause chaos, or be impetus to for those waiting on sidelines to get moving
- Attempts to dodge the bullets of Automatic Medicare Payment Cuts will consume Providers lobbying resources
- Significant resources will be allocated towards the holy grail of reducing preventable hospital readmissions
- Hospital Systems will ramp up physician integration initiatives
- The shift to Value Based Provider Payments will be in full swing
- ACO progress will occur in Commercial health plan initiatives
- Accelerated demise of the small physician practice
- “Retailization” of health care will advance more than ever
- Implications of Consumers’ further embrace of generics will be far reaching
- Health Plan M&A Activities will continue to concentrate in government sector
Notes: Detailed trends are available in December 1, 2011 MCOLBlog at www.mcolblog.com
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