NEWS FLASH

Health Care Industry Full Steam Ahead In Implementing Reform | The changes unleashed by health care reform may survive regardless of the Supreme Court’s ruling on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, health care executives predict. Just like states — some of which have taken big steps to implement the measure — a growing number of industry officials say the law has “unleashed momentum for changes in the market and provided benefits” that they want to keep. “The Affordable Care Act has many component parts, and it’s likely that even if the court rules that sections of the law are unconstitutional, other sections of the law will remain in effect or be reinstated through other congressional action,” said Grand View Hospital CEO Stuart H. Fine, reflecting the growing consensus that hospitals and the health insurance industry see the ACA as the law of the land and are moving quickly to implement many of its changes.