title: Health insurance exchanges bring potential opportunities.
abstract: The introduction of the state health insurance exchanges, as provided for in the Affordable Care Act, has many strategic implications for healthcare providers: Unprecedented transparency; The "Walmart Effect", with patients playing a greater role as healthcare consumers; A rise in narrow networks spurred by low prices and narrow geographies; The potential end of the cross subsidy of Medicare and Medicaid by commercial plans; The possible end of not-for-profit status for hospitals
authors.affiliation: BDC Advisors, LLC, Miami, USA. orry.jacobs@bdcadvisors.com
authors.forename: M Orry
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Jacobs
authors.forename: Bill
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Eggbeer
mesh_terms: D003256:Community Participation; D003363:Cost Control; D062265:Health Insurance Exchanges / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration; D006788:Hospitals, Voluntary; D008484:Medicaid / Q000191:economics; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics; D014481:United States