Recent news and views of health care executives.
Two studies highlight the changing milieu for health care executives. One details the trend toward more "businesslike" compensation plans as hospitals vie to attract and retain the ablest managers. The other reflects executives' predictions for their own foreseeable future, many of which relate to shifting relationships among hospitals, physicians, employers and insurers.
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