With the shift toward more outpatient care and an emphasis on limiting readmissions, hospitals are shrinking capacity or closing, Modern Healthcare reports.
Innovations in technology and improvements in the efficacy and safety of medications have contributed to people receiving care outside of hospitals. More people are enrolled in high deductible health plans, as well, causing them to postpone or forgo procedures.
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Tim Casey joined TriMed Media Group in 2015 as Executive Editor. For the previous four years, he worked as an editor and writer for HMP Communications, primarily focused on covering managed care issues and reporting from medical and health care conferences. He was also a staff reporter at the Sacramento Bee for more than four years covering professional, college and high school sports. He earned his undergraduate degree in psychology from the University of Notre Dame and his MBA degree from Georgetown University.