| 1. In light of a struggling economy and the impact of reform, how would you rate the overall health of Nashville’s entrepreneurial healthcare community? |
| Never been stronger. Changes brought about by reform are creating opportunities for healthcare and Nashville is doing what it does best: responding with new ideas and businesses. |
|
24.6% | |
| On life support. Too much uncertainty is mudding the waters. Deal flow is weak. Trying to find investors is like looking for water in the desert. |
|
5.7% | |
| Stable condition. There’s a steady pace of new ideas, new capital, and strong business plans. However it’s nothing like it used to be. |
|
64.0% | |
| What economic struggle? |
|
1.8% | |
| Other |
|
3.9% |
| 2. When thinking about the healthcare industry – and your healthcare company – what is the top national trend really keeping you up at night? |
| How to get paid for caring for the formerly uninsured |
|
13.2% | |
| Massive state deficits |
|
22.9% | |
| Performance based reimbursements |
|
10.6% | |
| The still lethargic IPO market |
|
2.2% | |
| ACOs |
|
4.4% | |
| The increasing strength of insurance companies |
|
13.2% | |
| Shift to consumer driven healthcare |
|
4.0% | |
| The lack of strong Presidential candidates |
|
9.7% | |
| Physician and nurse shortages |
|
5.3% | |
| Other |
|
14.5% |
| 3. What’s your current physician alignment strategy? |
| Buying as many practices as we can and employing as many physicians possible. |
|
26.3% | |
| JV-ing with them through partnerships. |
|
49.8% | |
| Good old fashioned medical staff credentials and great relationships are good enough. |
|
15.1% | |
| Keeping them at bay. A little thing called the PPM industry circa the mid – to late 1990′s was enough "physician alignment" to last me a lifetime. Seriously. |
|
8.8% |
| 4. How is your company embracing the onset of healthcare reform? |
| Eating a lot of chicken and rice at Nashville Health Care Council meetings to hear what the experts have to say. |
|
15.3% | |
| Becoming strange bed fellows with my competitors (otherwise known as "forming joint ventures" or "building ACOs"). |
|
42.8% | |
| Starting a new managed care business… or at least hiring an actuary to figure out capitation and population health management. |
|
10.2% | |
| Calling our banker to orchestrate a sale… or a buy. |
|
11.2% | |
| Nothing. There’ll be a new president in office before it takes hold anyway. |
|
20.5% |
| 5. Who will be the next President of the United States? |
| Barack Obama |
|
45.6% | |
| Mitt Romney |
|
43.8% | |
| Newt Gingrich |
|
4.0% | |
| Phil Bredesen |
|
1.8% | |
| Other |
|
4.9% |
| 6. How much will the Presidential election impact healthcare reform? |
| It’s unstoppable. Market-driven reform is already underway and will not stop. |
|
53.5% | |
| If a new President is elected, it will dramatically change the direction and intensity of healthcare reform. |
|
42.5% | |
| It doesn’t matter. I’ve decided to invest in China. |
|
4.0% |
| 7. What’s your prediction for how the Supreme Court will vote on the insurance mandate of healthcare reform? |
| Unconstitutional |
|
53.1% | |
| Constitutional |
|
46.9% |
| 8. If you had a spare $1M to invest over the next year, where would you put it? |
| Hospitals |
|
6.1% | |
| Outpatient services, i.e. dialysis, surgery centers, etc. |
|
18.0% | |
| Pharma |
|
2.2% | |
| Device |
|
2.2% | |
| Managed care organization |
|
6.1% | |
| Healthcare IT sector |
|
43.4% | |
| Post-acute care sector |
|
6.6% | |
| Other |
|
15.4% |
| 9. What do you predict the next year will hold for the Nashville healthcare community? |
| Consolidation station! |
|
38.3% | |
| More start-ups than last year |
|
39.6% | |
| Fewer start-ups than last year |
|
11.3% | |
| More IPOs |
|
3.6% | |
| Fewer IPOs |
|
5.4% | |
| Other |
|
1.8% |
| 10. Who will win Super Bowl XLVI? |
| New York Giants |
|
52.7% | |
| New England Patriots |
|
47.3% |
