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...

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Publicado en:hfm (Healthcare Financial Management) Vol. 66; no. 11; pp. 44 - 48
Autores principales: Jacobs MO, Eggbeer B, Jacobs, M Orry, Eggbeer, Bill
Formato: Journal Article
Publicado: Healthcare Financial Management Association Nov2012
Acceso en línea:Ver este registro en EBSCOhost
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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