More physicians enrolling in online MBA programs

Healthcare reform means a new business model for medicine that puts a premium on patient outcomes instead of services rendered. To gear up for the 2014 implementation of the Affordable Care Act, many physicians are enrolling in pricy online MBAs to prepare themselves for reimbursement models that are changing from risk-based to value-based, according to an American Public Media Marketplace report aired on June 3. Listen to the full story below.

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