Any loss of Medicaid expansion could result in significant changes in services, he warned.
“Medicaid expansion is probably the biggest thing on the forefront,” Mr. Lambrecht told a conference. “We have to have a relationship with the legislature, and we’ve got to have a relationship with our communities, because in the event that that goes away, it’s going to be a very different world providing services.”
The threat of losing Medicaid expansion coincides with rising healthcare costs for local people, he added. The integration of Kalispell-based Logan Health and Billings (Mont.) Clinic Sept. 1 can also help with making care more affordable.
“The reality of healthcare now is if you don’t have a real strategy and if you don’t figure out ways to find efficiencies, everything from the billing to delivery, specialty care, coordinated care, throughout a large area, you’re going to have a heck of a time being successful,” Dr. Lambrecht said.
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