Quote of the Day

“Rural areas need to understand that more aggressive provider groups will take over many of our patient bases if we aren’t engaged. There are so many large corporate models that are cruising across rural areas, snapping up practices — it’s frightening. And that might not be a problem if the snappers were good providers, but everything I have seen looks like they have profit motive first, patient care second or third. Better to be proactive and keep the quality care available for rural patients.” — Christine Baumgardner, executive director of Alcona Citizens for Health, Inc., of Lincoln, Mich., told AIS’s ACO Business News.