Industry Trends

As presidential hopefuls jockey for position leading up to election day, healthcare is set to be perhaps the most hotly debated topic in 2020. While last year didn’t present the type of industry overhaul that some may have been expecting, 2019 was full of new healthcare trends and legislative changes that helped reshape the operating

ll eyes were on the legal drama over the Affordable Care Act as 2019 drew to a close — and while that case remains a focus for this year — a lot more is also at stake. Payers and providers are fiercely contesting a price transparency push from the Trump administration that would force privately

Doctors and hospitals have voiced support for the Trump administration’s efforts to encourage value-based care by reforming physician self-referral rules, but they oppose including any sort of price transparency requirements. The CMS wants to change Stark law regulations to make it easier for providers to enter into value-based arrangements without running afoul of kickback concerns.