"It's been a long, a long time comin, but I know-oh-oo-oh, change gon' come, oh-ooh—oh yes it will" - Sam Cooke
We can all agree, healthcare is changing. The shift away from fee-for-service reimbursements towards value-based care is fundamentally altering the ways in which care providers and hospitals operate. Hospitals are having to rethink processes and systems that had become old hat and rewrite how things are done. Two main factors are leading this shift:
1. Changes in Reimbursement
At the core, the ripple effect of the regulations imposed by CMS, like MACRA, APMs, and ACA, echo throughout hospital systems nationwide.