tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2584705757436511038.post842767009156815688..comments2023-03-14T05:31:00.746-07:00Comments on Gen Y Healthcare: Model Health SystemsAndy Juanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02921959709575775344noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2584705757436511038.post-50944763523674717522009-12-30T09:14:43.632-08:002009-12-30T09:14:43.632-08:00What exactly does for-profit in health care mean? ...What exactly does for-profit in health care mean? Does it mean that the hospital system has public investors and its shares can be publicly traded on the market?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16639153113109316442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2584705757436511038.post-35792191710162912402009-12-20T13:06:06.087-08:002009-12-20T13:06:06.087-08:00@KF
Vertical integration is much more than just le...@KF<br />Vertical integration is much more than just leveraging the fixed costs in the system (although that is certainly an aspect of it). It's changing the incentives of the players involved. I mentioned the non-profit status because these systems (and doctors) can actually make more money if they focused on the revenue of the per-service rather than delivering integrated care. I'm certainly no enemy of the for-profit incentive system, but that's not how the system is setup today.Andy Juanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02921959709575775344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2584705757436511038.post-4693424325256639832009-12-15T15:06:05.182-08:002009-12-15T15:06:05.182-08:00great post as usual andy. keep'em coming!great post as usual andy. keep'em coming!taigahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14267111624431942357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2584705757436511038.post-10226336849602543502009-12-06T15:55:52.325-08:002009-12-06T15:55:52.325-08:00From an outsider's perspective, this sounds li...From an outsider's perspective, this sounds like vertical integration and "industry consolidation" is the clear way to go to leverage fixed costs in the system... but is the reason we're not moving that direction due to the different incentive structures between physicians and hospitals? I.e. independent practitioners don't want to give up the per-service potential and cap their salary? Why do the hospitals have to be non-profit? Sounds like it would be in everyone's interest to have a for-profit hospital system in which doctors would have equity in the LT performance of the 'system'?kfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16956384759650724389noreply@blogger.com