The For-profit Healthcare Revolution

The Growing Impact of Investor-owned Health Systems in America

• Author(s): Sandy Lutz, Erin Preston Gee,
• Publisher: Irwin Professional Pub.
• Pages: 190
• ISBN_10: 1557386501
  ISBN_13: 9781557386502
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Business & Economics / Entrepreneurship , Medical / Health Care Delivery , Medical / Hospital Administration & Care , Technology & Engineering / Emergency Management ,

Description:... A practical reference reviewing the activities and attitudes of the current medical moguls who are leading the charge on market-based reform. It offers case studies on individual hospitals that have faced the decision to accept or reject overtures from these giants of industry, and notably each of the hospitals viewed in this section have insights and recommendations to offer other hospitals and physicians who must deal with the rapidly increasing influence of the investor-owned sector. Topics covered include the reform and resurgence of investor owned systems, the attractions of finance, shareholder value and growth, aligning physicians through financial incentives, and integrated systems of delivery.