Update on Healthcare Business Trends in 2014

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Future Care 2014 e-Poll Findings

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MCOL recently conducted its twelfth annual Future Care e-Poll, asking stakeholders their perspective of trends, winners and losers for the coming year and beyond. The corresponding white paper with complete findings from the e-poll is now available for MCOL members, including comparisons to previous year’s results.

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Participants were asked to respond to four items:

1. Please categorize your organization: (a) Payor (Health Plan, Employer, TPA, Agent, PBM); (b) Provider (Hospital, Physician, Pharmaceutical, Other Providers); (c) Vendor or Other

2. Which of the following health care business trends do you think will have the greatest overall impact in 2014?  (a)  Advances in Health Care Technology; (b) Consumerism Initiatives (c) Compliance Issues; (d) Effects of the Economy (e) Affordable Care Act Implementation (f) Increased Consumer Cost Sharing (g) Population Health and Wellness Initiatives (h) Government Spending Cuts (i) Other

3. Rate the ultimate anticipated impact in the marketplace of these selected health reform provisions including those already implemented:  (a) Accountable Care Organization Development; (b) Health Plan Medical Loss Ratio Regulation; (c) State Health Insurance Exchanges (d) Extension of Dependent Care Coverage; (e) EHR Development – Meaningful Use; (f) Health Insurance Guaranteed Issue/ Elimination of Pre-Existing Conditions; (g) Expansion of Medicaid Coverage; (h) Mandated Coverage Provisions for Business and Individuals

4. Please project who you think the economic winners and losers for 2014 will be: Who do you think will be economically better off, the same or worse off by this time next year:  (a) Consumers; (b) Employers; (c.) Health Plans; (d) Hospitals; (e) Physicians; (f) Pharmaceutical

Assessment

Link: http://www.mcol.com/futurecareepoll.pdf

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