Topic: Week 5-Employer Coverage - Discussion board

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• I am curious since we are seeing this shift to approaching medicine and the delivery of medical service through a business model, what the opposing arguments are proposing instead? Are they proposing the status quo? Or are they proposing a separate model/system?

• significance of the insurance/payor system and ever-decreasing reimbursement rates have played a part?

• ethical implications of the provider focus on "medicine as a business" and how providers will prioritize patients and care provided over profits

• what you believe have been the driving factors that have led to the development of the healthcare business model?

• I also wondered what the general consensus among physicians is in regards to this transition to more of a business model. Do physicians seem to favor this model or are they against it?

• any connection to the increasing importance of the 'business of medicine' to physician burnout??

• How will providers prioritize patients and care as well as maintain profits?

• do you feel that there are challenges that organizations/companies tend to face while not being employed by a hospital?

• if they are not employed by them where do they receive coverage?

• how do their families receive coverage if their are the main providers for a family.?

• How does understanding and optimizing the four components of the healthcare business model contribute to the goal of providing high-quality medical services at affordable prices, and what specific strategies can be employed within each component to achieve this objective?

• any difference with physicians with MBA or MPH degree having a better advocacy for patients

• providers (physicians) without the added business degree but were just elevated into those managerial positions?

• disadvantages or challenges that might be presented to these group practices when they go through a merger with a hospital?

• how do you think or did you find any research regarding patient satisfaction that proves this model as being effective?

• what are some person incentives that providers may experience when deciding to join a group?

• how does this model affect the quality of care the patients receive?

• hysicians get more time to spend with their patients, and does this model affect patients’ satisfaction?

• Are there any particular physician specialties that are more involved in this type of relationship?

• affiliated with practices owned by private equity firms