Advocacy Strongly Urged as Leaders Face "A Number of Billion-dollar Headwinds"
Becker's Hospital Review
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Contributed by: Kate Gamble
Summary
Healthcare leaders are currently navigating significant challenges, including financial uncertainty, regulatory changes, workforce shortages, and increasing supply costs. Executives, like Michael Antoniades from UChicago Medicine Ingalls Memorial, emphasize the critical need for advocacy to counter potential Medicaid and Medicare cuts, as well as uncertainties surrounding the 340B program and NIH funding. As hospital and health system leaders prioritize lobbying efforts to influence policymakers, particularly in light of claims denials from private insurers and tariff-related supply chain disruptions, the focus remains on developing sustainable solutions, especially for rural healthcare systems facing acute challenges. Global trade tensions further complicate the landscape, with potential tariffs impacting medical supplies and tightening budgets for academic health systems reliant on research funding.
