Instruction
(1) Select a service line within your individual organization. Identify and discuss the alternative strategic options to consider. As you consider the strategic options, discuss the process of evaluating strategic alternatives. (My organization is UCLA Health)
(2)Evaluate the DaVita/Healthcare Partners acquisition. Identify the overall strategy of this acquisition. Discuss the short and long term strategy, and identify strategic options.
(3)What do you think changes first, strategy or structure? After formulating your answer and making your case, argue the opposite position.
(4) A significant provision of the Affordable Care Act is the creation of the health exchange marketplace. Research the number of people who have signed up for health insurance through the health exchange marketplace in your state. Discuss the financial opportunity and challenge of caring for the newly insured in your state.
(5) Price transparency is crucial for healthcare consumers in an effort to manage healthcare costs. Based on the readings, discuss the benefits and challenges of achieving price transparency to further price reform.