SPOTLIGHT: Choosing the best service portfolio

At Hospital Impact, healthcare consultant Craig Allan Ahrens notes that a hospital's service portfolio can greatly impact a number of factors. "Choices around a service portfolio will influence whether you are more likely to get Medicare versus private pay patients, medical versus procedural patients, inpatient versus outpatient patients, etc." But advising what service mix a hospital should use creates a moral dilemma for Ahrens. Blog