All public companies will face at least some compliance and financial reporting consequences from healthcare reform. Those actually in the business of healthcare will face quite a bit more.
Healthcare reform’s two laws (the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act) unleash a slew of rules and regulations on the healthcare sector. Some went into effect immediately upon the reform’s passage back in March; others will go into effect in coming months and years. But hospitals, medical practices, doctors, nurses, medical device makers, and everyone else in the industry can rest assured, those rules will reach them sooner or later.
