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Healthcare is in flux. Hospitals across the nation report clinician shortages and tight margins, and insurers are pushing more care into the lower cost settings.
Forward-looking hospital leaders are feeling the pinch and getting serious about value-based care, which means promoting leaders who can embrace this value transition and innovate for the future.
“I anticipate a dedicated set of roles and skills to help navigate the path from fee for service and volume to value-heavy agreements [will be essential],” David Rottinghaus, MD, president of the physician network at Butler (Pa.) Health System, told Becker’s. “We will need to make sure there is a steady flow of revenue to sustain health system operations, while directing resources toward quality arrangements with payers.”
But the transition is easier said than done, especially because it can take months for health systems to realize the benefits of hitting quality metrics.