Dimitrios Alexiou, the new CEO of the Hospital Association of San Diego and Imperial Counties, talks about the transformation of acute care hospitals, including expanded insurance coverage but shrinking reimbursement, efforts to improve quality and prevent readmissions, and the new payment models which reward high-value care rather than the volume of services provided. He discusses the increasing pressure to manage transitions of care more efficiently – from outpatient, to inpatient, to follow-up care. Series: "Pulse" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 29369]