Health insurance exchanges bring potential opportunities.
The introduction of the state health insurance exchanges, as provided for in the Affordable Care Act, has many strategic implications for healthcare providers: Unprecedented transparency; The "Walmart Effect", with patients playing a greater role as healthcare consumers; A rise in narrow networks sp...
| Publicado en: | hfm (Healthcare Financial Management) Vol. 66; no. 11; pp. 44 - 48 |
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| Autores principales: | , , , |
| Formato: | Journal Article |
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Healthcare Financial Management Association
Nov2012
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| Sumario: | The introduction of the state health insurance exchanges, as provided for in the Affordable Care Act, has many strategic implications for healthcare providers: Unprecedented transparency; The "Walmart Effect", with patients playing a greater role as healthcare consumers; A rise in narrow networks spurred by low prices and narrow geographies; The potential end of the cross subsidy of Medicare and Medicaid by commercial plans; The possible end of not-for-profit status for hospitals |
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