Operations

The president-elect's policies will have immediate impact on U.S. hospitals, ambulatory centers, health insurers and supply chain companies.

Healthcare IT News and Healthcare Finance surveyed readers to find out whether they approve of the president-elect.

Survey responses range from massive disruption to more competitive markets. Hospital leaders are hoping that prices go down but alternative payment models MACRA, MIPS and MSSP remain.

Healthcare Finance and Healthcare IT News surveyed readers and found many are anxiously expecting short-term chaos, skyrocketing costs, increased fraud and uninsured people dying after president-elect Donald Trump moves into the White House.

CHC Consulting team members have already begun conducting an operational assessment, will make recommendations.

The president-elect has already laid out a plan that many feel will cause massive disruption to the industry.

A 2013 study showed that charity care constituted only 1.9 percent of nonprofit hospitals' operating expenses.

PwC report says administration is more likely to rely on free market levers, such as price transparency for providers and open negotiations with pharmaceutical companies than the traditional regulatory process.

Measures are closely aligned to those of the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

CDC first identified the fungus as a potential threat in 2013, based on a possible case in U.S., has been on the lookout for the fungus since June.