Support our online development, and advance our onground research initiatives in free market economics, as we seek to showcase the brightest Next-Gen minds.
THE ME-P DISCLAIMER: Posts, comments and opinions do not necessarily represent iMBA, Inc., but become our property after submission. Copyright © 2006 to-date. iMBA, Inc allows colleges, universities, medical and financial professionals and related clinics, hospitals and non-profit healthcare organizations to distribute our proprietary essays, photos, videos, audios and other documents; etc. However, please review copyright and usage information for each individual asset before submission to us, and/or placement on your publication or web site. Attestation references, citations and/or back-links are required. All other assets are property of the individual copyright holder.
The PWC Report
By Staff Writers
A recent study by PriceWaterhouseCoopers [PWC] suggests that 2008-09 could be a big period for the healthcare sector with structural changes that could alter the industry. These include alterations to hospital Medicare reimbursement, further IRS pressure on non-profit hospitals, the growth of the retail clinic market and the continued emergence of consumer-directed healthcare, according to the PWC Health Research Institute [HRI].
Predictions
For example, with CMS changing the way it pays hospitals – adding 200 diagnosis codes for severity while refusing to pay for some medical errors and “never-events”, some hospitals will see less income, while others more. The firm also predicts that the retail clinic sector will continue to expand, that the FDA will boost drug and medical device safety standards, and that the IRS will bear down hard on non-profit hospitals to prove that they’re providing adequate community benefits.
Assessment
Health economic Sustainable Growth Rate [SGR] prognostications also suggest that the present path of Medicare reimbursement can not be sustained; with harsh cutbacks like 20% physician payment reductions, threatened.
Conclusion
Since these predictions will be spurred, in part, by the shift in political power triggered by November’s presidential election; your thoughts are appreciated?
Practice Management: http://www.springerpub.com/prod.aspx?prod_id=23759
Physician Financial Planning: http://www.jbpub.com/catalog/0763745790
Medical Risk Management: http://www.jbpub.com/catalog/9780763733421
Healthcare Organizations: www.HealthcareFinancials.com
Health Administration Terms: www.HealthDictionarySeries.com
Physician Advisors: www.CertifiedMedicalPlanner.com
Speaker: If you need a moderator or speaker for an upcoming event, Dr. David E. Marcinko; MBA – Publisher-in-Chief of the Executive-Post – is available for seminar or speaking engagements. Contact: MarcinkoAdvisors@msn.com or Bio: www.stpub.com/pubs/authors/MARCINKO.htm
Subscribe Now: Did you like this Executive-Post, or find it helpful, interesting and informative? Want to get the latest E-Ps delivered to your email box each morning? Just subscribe using the link below. You can unsubscribe at any time. Security is assured.
Link: http://feeds.feedburner.com/HealthcareFinancialsthePostForcxos
Copyright 2008 iMBA Inc: All rights reserved, USA, unless otherwise noted. Use is restricted to Executive-Post subscribers only. No redistribution is allowed. To avoid violation of iMBA Inc copyright restrictions and redistribution policy, please register for your own free Executive-Post membership. Detailed information and registration links are available at:
Link: http://feeds.feedburner.com/HealthcareFinancialsthePostForcxos
Referrals: Thank you in advance for your electronic referrals to the Executive-Post
Share this:
Filed under: Managed Care, Op-Editorials, Practice Management, Research & Development, Surveys and Voting |
The Leading Business Education Network for Doctors, Financial Advisors and Health Industry Consultants 
On Futurist Joe Flowers and Domestic Healthcare
Joe Flower is a premier observer of the deep forces changing healthcare in the United States. He has written for a number of healthcare publications including the Healthcare Forum Journal, Physician Executive, and Wired Magazine.
In fact, I have downloaded and am now reading all of Joe’s “Five Frameworks …” papers. They are excellent and you may obtain them here:
http://www.imaginewhatif.com/frameworks-for-the-future-of-healthcare
You can also find more of Joe’s work at his website: imaginewhatif.com
Brenda
LikeLike