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From Planning to Cost Restructuring: What Site-Neutral Payment Demands
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As reimbursement levels shift under site-neutral payment, health systems must move from strategy to execution.
On today's episode of the Gist Healthcare Podcast, we hear the second part of host J. Carlisle Larsen’s conversation Kaufman Hall Managing Director Joyjit Choudhury about what cost restructuring looks like in practice. That includes rethinking business and operating models, integrating site-neutral planning into broader enterprise strategy and aligning finance, operations and clinical leadership around a sustainable path forward.
Be sure to check out Joyjit's recent blog about this topic.
You can find the first part of our conversation here.
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