Who Will be the Winners and Losers in Health Reform?

One of the hottest topics in healthcare in 2009 was: How will health reform affect my business? In a July article, we looked at the possible winners and losers in healthcare reform. The almost certain winners predicted were: primary care physicians, health information technology, and comparative effectiveness. Possible winners: nurses, rural healthcare, and pharma. Possible losers: health plans, specialty physicians, and pharma. Almost certain losers: imaging, biologics, physician-owned specialty hospitals, durable medical equipment, home health agencies and providers of home healthcare, and skilled nursing homes.