GHA CMO Dr. Doug Patten Talks Healthcare Cost, Rapid Changes at Rotary Meeting
Friday, February 27th, 2015
Dr. Doug Patten, the Georgia Hospital Association’s chief medical officer, says Obamacare is garnering all the headlines, but health care reform is needed in regard to costs and the overall health of Americans.
Reform is coming he said, and it’s coming fast.
“The health care environment is changing rapidly. All the conversation is focusing on the Affordable Care Act being imposed by the payers and providers by the things that are embedded in the ACA,” Patten said during a speech Thursday at Albany Rotary Club. “Well, there is a reason all of those things are in there. And regardless of who loves them or hates them, there is a reason why we have to change things in health care. But it’s never had to occur at such a rapid rate.”
