Name
A. Hospitals Are Keeping the Complexity: Can the Economics Hold?
Date & Time
Friday, June 18, 2027, 3:35 PM - 4:15 PM
Speakers
Annmarie Caulfield, MBA, Director, Neurosciences, Cook County Health & Hospitals System
Talha S. Cheema, MHA, BS, Business Operations Manager, Marcus Neuroscience Institute, Baptist Health South Florida
Marc J. Levine, MD, FAAOS, Chairman, Orthopaedic Surgery Southern Region, Hackensack Meridian Health; Chairman, Orthopaedic Surgery, Jersey Shore University Medical Center
John Lucio, DO, MS, CPE, FACHE, Regional Chief Medical Officer, SSM Health
Talha S. Cheema, MHA, BS, Business Operations Manager, Marcus Neuroscience Institute, Baptist Health South Florida
Marc J. Levine, MD, FAAOS, Chairman, Orthopaedic Surgery Southern Region, Hackensack Meridian Health; Chairman, Orthopaedic Surgery, Jersey Shore University Medical Center
John Lucio, DO, MS, CPE, FACHE, Regional Chief Medical Officer, SSM Health
Description
As lower-acuity cases migrate to ASCs, hospitals are increasingly left with higher-complexity patients whose reimbursement may not reflect their true cost. Leaders debate whether current payment models can sustain this dynamic and what must change to preserve the hospital's role in the care continuum.
Session Type
Panel