Most healthcare leaders who participated in the latest Inside Baseball survey do not think the Supreme Court ruling provided clarity and stability around healthcare reform. More than 200 healthcare leaders participated in the survey last week, noting how they spent the evening of the ruling, whether the news altered their operational plans and where they think the law will stand one year from now.
Note: The top three responses to each survey question are included below. To view the entire survey from Nashville, Tenn.-based Jarrard Phillips Cate & Hancock, click here.
1. Did the Supreme Court vote bring the clarity and stability that investors, analysts and operators have been looking for in the healthcare industry?
53.1 percent: No, the presidential election will essentially turn into a referendum on the healthcare law and muddy the waters for months to come.
27. 2 percent: Are you kidding? Assuming that regulators will bring clarity and stability is like waiting for the next Music City Miracle.
16.9 percent: Yes, now we'll finally quit hearing about the "cloud of uncertainty" hanging over the industry and focus on what's important.
2. Hospital M&A activity is on the rise and predicted to increase sharply. How does the Supreme Court ruling impact this?
65.7 percent: Bigger is better — more consolidation in the industry.
18.6 percent: Investor-owned hospital chains will be flush with cash and an attractive candidate for hospital boards across the country.
8.1 percent: Non-profit health systems will make more acquisitions than their for-profit counterparts.
3. How did you spend the night of the Supreme Court ruling?
42.9 percent: Watched and wondered just how much lower the decline of the news industry can go.
16.2 percent: Finally came to terms with the reality that I have to figure out how to build an accountable care organization.
15.2 percent: Contemplated moving out of the country.
4. Are you making any new operational or budgetary decisions at your company in light of the ruling?
72.8 percent: No.
23.8 percent: Yes.
3.4 percent: Other.
5. Where do you think the reform law will be this time next year?
33.6 percent: Stalled in the Senate.
26.1 percent: Fully implemented and underway.
21.3 percent: Gone because Mitt Romney will be our new president.
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Note: The top three responses to each survey question are included below. To view the entire survey from Nashville, Tenn.-based Jarrard Phillips Cate & Hancock, click here.
1. Did the Supreme Court vote bring the clarity and stability that investors, analysts and operators have been looking for in the healthcare industry?
53.1 percent: No, the presidential election will essentially turn into a referendum on the healthcare law and muddy the waters for months to come.
27. 2 percent: Are you kidding? Assuming that regulators will bring clarity and stability is like waiting for the next Music City Miracle.
16.9 percent: Yes, now we'll finally quit hearing about the "cloud of uncertainty" hanging over the industry and focus on what's important.
2. Hospital M&A activity is on the rise and predicted to increase sharply. How does the Supreme Court ruling impact this?
65.7 percent: Bigger is better — more consolidation in the industry.
18.6 percent: Investor-owned hospital chains will be flush with cash and an attractive candidate for hospital boards across the country.
8.1 percent: Non-profit health systems will make more acquisitions than their for-profit counterparts.
3. How did you spend the night of the Supreme Court ruling?
42.9 percent: Watched and wondered just how much lower the decline of the news industry can go.
16.2 percent: Finally came to terms with the reality that I have to figure out how to build an accountable care organization.
15.2 percent: Contemplated moving out of the country.
4. Are you making any new operational or budgetary decisions at your company in light of the ruling?
72.8 percent: No.
23.8 percent: Yes.
3.4 percent: Other.
5. Where do you think the reform law will be this time next year?
33.6 percent: Stalled in the Senate.
26.1 percent: Fully implemented and underway.
21.3 percent: Gone because Mitt Romney will be our new president.
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