The Affordable Care Act (ACA) establishes new criteria for the reimbursement of healthcare providers, in which quality of care - including prevention and wellness - takes precedence over the volume of services rendered. Restructuring traditional service delivery models to meet these new standards requires introducing more physicians with medical and clinical expertise into executive roles to help navigate strategic, operational and financial changes.
This article provides an in-depth look at the challenges and possible approaches to giving medical providers a greater role in organizational decision-making, including:
- Regulatory considerations
- Leadership and collaboration
- Compensation
- Conflict management
- Bureaucratic obstacles
- Communication and trust issues
