4 Changes in Rules Governing the Healthcare Industry

In a Forbes report, Robert Pearl, MD, CEO of The Permanente Medical Group and MidAtlantic Permanente Medical Group, discusses four major changes in the rules governing the healthcare industry as a result of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

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The four changes are:

 

1. Normative changes will alter the players and their interactions.
2. Economic changes will alter healthcare funding and reimbursement.
3. Technological changes will improve the quality, convenience of care.
4. Cognitive changes will reverse perceptions about the ‘best’ medical care options.

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