COVER STORY
The Prognosis for
U.S. Healthcare AOPA National Assembly speaker and healthcare futurist analyzes the latest healthcare trends in light of the COVID-19 pandemic By JOSEPHINE ROSSI
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EDICARE FOR ALL, public health overhaul, telehealth
expansion—these are just some of the short-term
possibilities on the horizon in the United States as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to healthcare futurist Michael Lovdal, PhD, who delivered the opening keynote address for the 2020 AOPA Virtual National Assembly. A well-respected and long-time fixture at AOPA leadership and annual meetings, Lovdal tapped his 35-year consulting career at Oliver Wyman, where he concentrated on healthcare serving providers, payors, pharmaceutical companies,
Michael Lovdal, PhD
and public health organizations, to discuss the impact of the pandemic on healthcare and the implications for O&P businesses. The now adjunct professor at Columbia Business School encouraged all participants, regardless of their businesses’ size or focus, to plan for changes and to simulate different scenarios in the months ahead. Here’s a look at those predictions and what they mean to the O&P profession.
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