Health care in the U.S. continues its radical transformation with the rollout and rapid adoption of high-deductible insurance plans. More than even value-based purchasing, this has the potential to reshape the health care landscape because it has awakened the health care consumer. In its 2014 Employer Health Benefits Survey, The Kaiser Family Foundation reported that 41 percent of all firms (32 percent of large employers, 61 percent of small …
Although the Affordable Care Act’s second enrollment period is nearly over, politicians, medical professionals, and the public still debate its implications. According to David Houle and Jonathan Fleece, one-third of all hospitals in the United States will close or be reorganized into another kind of health care provider by 2020. What will differentiate the winners from the losers? Simply put, it will be high patient satisfaction.
In consumer terms what …
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