This book addresses decreasing revenues, increasing costs, and growing consumer expectations in today’s health care market. Offering practical experience and applied operating vision, the authors integrate Lean managerial applications and regulatory perspectives with real-world case studies, models, reports, charts, tables, diagrams, and sample contracts. The result is an integration of post PP-ACA market competition insight with Lean management and operational strategies. Coverage includes hard-to-find topics such as hospital inventory management, capital formation, and revenue cycle enhancement.