Fwd: Dayton Daily News article Sept 25, 2013 (quotes from Don Nguyen and Brian Bucklew)

[Donald Nguyen]

Friends, colleagues and DFA family:

I was interviewed by the Dayton Daily News and the article is in today's paper. Below is an excerpt of the article where I was quoted, and the link for the entire article. Just trying to get as much visibility for health reform in Dayton!!

Race for enrollment!

Don

The article in today's Dayton Daily News which quotes me is in the premium content, but it can be bought for  99 cents for a 24 hour Dayton Daily News premium content pass.  The link to the article (with button to buy for 99 cents ) is at http://www.mydaytondailynews.com/news/news/health-care-industry-braces-for-new-laws-impact/nZ6cw/?icmp=daytondaily_internallink_textlink_apr2013_daytondailystubtomydaytondaily_launch  

Below I've copied an excerpt with your quote and Bryan Bucklew's quote.

Dayton Daily News

Health care industry braces for new law’s impact

SPECIAL REPORT HEALTH CARE

Posted: 11:58 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013

By Mary McCarty and Randy Tucker - Staff Writer

Many hospitals are in the same boat and unsure of how they’ll be affected by the health care law. But one thing is certain: “It will no longer be business as usual,” said Bryan Bucklew, president and chief executive of the Greater Dayton Area Hospital Association.

That’s because the health care law will change fundamentally the way hospitals operate by tying government reimbursements to reducing hospital re-admissions and providing better chronic disease care to reduce the number of overall admissions.

“For years, the primary objective of hospitals was to put butts in beds,” Bucklew said. “Now, it has shifted almost 180 degrees. Only people that need to be going to the hospital should be going to the hospital. It’s paradigm shift.”

Still, the health care law will open a variety of opportunities throughout the health care system, in many cases staring with primary care doctors, said Dr. Donald Nguyen, a Dayton-area pediatrician and state director for Doctors for America — a national group of doctors and medical students that support health care reform.

“As doctors, we’re preparing for increased demand, but it’s not like it’s going to happen all at once,” Nguyen said. “Everybody who gets insurance isn’t going to make an appoint to see a doctor on the same day. But people who have insurance will no longer be reluctant to go see a doctor, and that’s where you will see steady and growing demand for our services.”

Expanded insurance coverage under the health care law is likely to boost and already robust health care industry in the Dayton area.