Problem
A. Do you think that healthcare organizations tend to give serious consideration to identifying competing alternatives? How so?
B. Do you believe that ACOs represent a vertical or horizontal form of integration for healthcare organizations?
C. In today's healthcare environment, what opportunities are opened up through ACO's? What challenges might healthcare organizations face?
D. Organizations often pursue more than one strategy. What are some logical combinations of strategies, and how might they be linked together (e.g. a retrenchment and penetration strategy)? How might a combination of strategies advance the organization's vision or mission?