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Healthcare compliance always remains a top concern for healthcare executives, particularly in the FQHC world, where there are a plethora of regulations tied to funding reimbursement. While patient and data privacy has been a chief concern of Compliance Officers, 2020 looks to be a banner year for these issues. What should we prepare for as we enter 2020?

Each year, the impact of technology on healthcare changes and deepens our reliance on these tools. 2019 has been no exception; our patients (and our doctors) use digital wearable devices, virtual visits via telemedicine is increasing, and clinical decision-making is now influenced by our EMRs. All this change has been difficult for some doctors to embrace, but the truth is, we’re just getting started.

The past decade has seen both subtle and glaring changes to our clinical workflows. One of the biggest is the large volume of mergers and acquisitions during this time frame that left a large portion of our nation’s doctors employed and not entrepreneurial. The technology has changed, too, with many of our patients discarding the old family practice relationship for minute clinics and urgent care. These are only the tip of the iceberg; the healthcare paradigm is shifting again, and doctors will need to continue to adapt.