![]() The challenge is how do we scale those innovations across really big healthcare systems, communities and the country. My interest was to find the best platform to not just see new innovations in healthcare - because quite honestly, that's not our problem there are plenty of innovations. We are not going to be successful if we don't innovate. ![]() What will that work entail?ĪS: On one hand, I would say my contribution hopefully to Avia will be no matter what happens in Washington, people do things differently. Q: You're joining Avia and planning to serve as a senior advisor at the Bipartisan Policy Center. The CEOs I've talked to who have engaged with the Trump administration find they can get listened to, but too many are unwilling to speak out as directly as they should. I think people are too frightened of the Trump administration and many are too far on the sidelines. We have a CEO-president who is going to value input from people who are job creators. Third, it's a perfect time to get engaged in the policy conversation directly. Secondly, innovating in ways, as I think Avia has shown, that can keep people healthy, keep physicians fulfilled, keep consumers engaged and reduce medical costs are always going to be good investments. ![]() In my mind, those are important investment areas. Q: What would your advice to hospital leaders be right now?ĪS: Hospital leaders need to start with this: Whatever happens in health policy, or otherwise, focusing on improving patient care, focusing on how to take care of the most difficult to treat and neediest people in the community, will always be beneficial. Washington would be wise to wake up to this fact and provide some clarity and some timetables and not leave an open-ended negotiation going for too long. Because turnover is so high in healthcare, it's not hard for hiring to slow down or capital spending to slow down and for that to really impact the economy, particularly in smaller, rural communities where a lot of hospitals are located. Do you think this is wise?Īndy Slavitt: What the administration needs to understand, particularly because it is so focused on jobs, is one-sixth of the economy cannot easily adjust to long periods of indecision without cutting capital and reducing hiring. Question: Due to the instability in Washington, D.C., many hospital leaders are taking a cautious approach to strategy and dialing back their investments. Slavitt to discuss how his experience at CMS is driving his post-administration plans and his views on healthcare policy under the Trump administration.Įditor's Note: Responses are edited lightly for length and clarity. Slavitt worked in the private sector, most recently as the group executive vice president of UnitedHealth Group's Optum unit.īecker's caught up with Mr. Slavitt has signed on at Avia, a Chicago-based network of health systems using digital technology to drive innovation, and as a senior policy advisor at Bipartisan Policy Center, a nonprofit Washington, D.C.-based think tank.
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