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.
More Articles on the Supreme Court Ruling:
Healthcare Decision One Week Later: Analysis and Implications for Providers
https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/news-analysis/healthcare-decision-one-week-later-analysis-and-implications-for-providers.html
Poll: Public Evenly Split Over Supreme Court Healthcare Law Ruling
https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/news-analysis/poll-public-evenly-split-over-supreme-court-healthcare-law-ruling.html
Fitch: Reform Ruling Validates Hospitals’ Efforts, But Uncertainty Remains
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