Presented by: The Impact on Consolidation The Act will intensify a wave of consolidation that has already started.

It’s not just this Act that’s driving that trend. It also has to do with workforce issues in the medical profession. Diane Pinakiewicz, National Patient Safety Foundation

Healthcare reform will accelerate the ongoing trend towards consolidation of physician practices. The challenge for consolidating practices is creating the infrastructure necessary to coordinate care across the continuum and produce positive outcomes.

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