Healthcare
Trends & Forecasts in 2009: Performance
Expectations for the Healthcare Industry
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When
healthcare looks back
upon 2008, it will no doubt remember a year that was all about the
money — the economy, reimbursement, energy costs.
Fast-forward to December 2008: despite the promise of a new
presidential administration, the United States is in a full-fledged
recession — a condition from which the healthcare industry is
no longer immune.
With
the limited
availability of healthcare dollars and a dip in consumer discretionary
healthcare spending, what's ahead for healthcare this year? In Healthcare
Trends & Forecasts in 2009: Performance Expectations for the
Healthcare Industry, two key thought leaders reflect upon the
volatile economic climate and historical election results to frame an
industry outlook for the coming months.
In
HIN's fifth annual
healthcare industry forecast, David Chin, M.D., of
PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Health Research Institute, and Perry
Hanson, partner with Wipfli, a national accounting and
business consulting firm, describe the implications for key
stakeholders and identify a few bright spots on the healthcare horizon.
They also revisit some trends that have gained ground in the last year,
including the patient-centered medical home (PCMH), the retailization
of healthcare and the elevation of health and wellness to the global
agenda as hedges against chronic illness and associated healthcare
costs.
This
report also analyzes
the responses of 168 healthcare organizations to the fifth annual HIN
Healthcare Trends and Forecasts survey, in which respondents
ranked key top-of-mind concerns, described how they are overcoming
challenges posed by the faltering economy and reported on the most
successful programs launched by their organizations in 2008.
In
this forward-looking
special report, you'll get details on:
- The
anticipated
healthcare policies of President Obama and potential industry reform by
the new administration;
- The
recession's impact
on pay for performance and healthcare's share of the GDP;
- Recommended
strategic
competencies for improving care delivery and coping with the market
meltdown;
- Healthcare
market
forces driving healthcare IT;
- The
effect of provider
shortfalls on staffing, primary care access and consumer's retail
healthcare habits;
- Whether
wellness and
prevention investments can improve health status and bottom lines;
- The
transformation of
patients to consumers and why their satisfaction matters;
- The
new definition of
"value" in healthcare;
- Four
future models for
healthcare delivery systems;
- A
list of the 53 most
successful ideas in healthcare as reported by HIN e-survey respondents;
and
much more.
In
an expanded Q&A
section, Dr. Chin and Hanson predict the fates of physician
reimbursements, the PCMH, high-deductible health plans, concierge
medicine and health IT.
This
40-page special
report, "Healthcare Trends & Forecasts in 2009: Performance
Expectations for the Healthcare Industry," showcases the topics that
will continue to consume the healthcare executive, and new challenges
that await the industry this year.
Table
of Contents
- What's
Ahead for
Employers and Payors: Recession, Retailization and Wellness
- Implications for
Stakeholders
- Forces Behind
Retailization of Healthcare
- Business Case for
Wellness and Prevention
- Implications for
Employers
- Provider
Outlook:
Consumerism, Coordination of Care Key Issues
- Patients as
Customers
- Return to Wellness
- Good News on Some
Fronts
- Healthcare Top of
Mind for New Administration
- Future Healthcare
Delivery Systems
- Results
from the 2009
Healthcare Trends and Forecasts Survey
- Economic Volatility
Creates Business Opportunities for Some
- Sector-Specific
Responses
- Best Ideas in
Healthcare 2008
- Q&A:
Ask the
Experts
- Health IT in 2009
- Toward Stronger
Reimbursements
- Reimbursement for
Physicians
- Medical Home Pilots
- Easing of Capital
Markets for Healthcare
- Screening of
Employees
- Fate of
High-deductible Health Plans
- Modifying Physician
Behavior
- Medicare as
Ultimate Safety Net
- Considering Patient
Satisfaction
- Trend Toward
Episodic Payments
- Concierge Medicine
in a Frail Economy
- Alternative Revenue
Streams
- PCP Shortage and
Continuity of Care
- Effect of Retail
Clinics on ER Use
- Federal Health
Reserve
- Glossary
- For
More Information
- About
the Authors
Publication
Date: December
2008
Number of Pages: 40
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