title: Change mindset to succeed in evolving world of healthcare.
abstract: The Affordable Care Act and other healthcare reform measures are making far-reaching changes to the way healthcare works, and hospitals and case managers are going to have to change their way of thinking to succeed, experts say. Several initiatives by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services are moving toward basing hospital reimbursement on performance on quality measures. Instead of focusing on getting patients out as quickly as possible, case managers must look at what happens to patients after discharge. Hospitals are going to have to change from choosing the cheapest post-discharge setting to looking at which provider can do the best job for each individual patient, experts say.
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D019090:Case Management; D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D004469:Economics, Hospital; D006801:Humans; D058991:Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms; D014481:United States