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Prior to beginning work on this discussion forum, read the following articles:

• What’s Next for Retail Health Care? The Trend That Disrupted Healthcare Consumerism a Decade Ago Continues to Evolve (Links to an external site.)
• Health Care Market Concentration Trends in The United States: Evidence and Policy Responses (Links to an external site.)
• The New Health Care Merger Wave: Does the “Vertical, Good” Maxim Apply? (Links to an external site.)
• Industry Trends: Key Trends in Healthcare for 2020 and Beyond (Links to an external site.)

Choose two contemporary trends in the following area(s):

• Acquisitions and mergers,
• health care finance,
• health care law and ethics,
• health policy and regulation,
• hospital administration,
• long-term care,
• opioid epidemics,
• payors, or stakeholders,
• population health,
• practice management,
• quality management, or
• other trend approved by your instructor.

In your initial post,

• Describe your two selected contemporary health care trends in the past 6 months to 1 year in detail.
• Summarize the importance of your selected trends and possible impacts on a health care organization of your choice.
• Assess the advantages and disadvantages of a health care organization that rides on these trends.
• Support your response with a minimum of two scholarly sources that were published in the last 5 years. Be sure to cite your references using proper APA Style (see APA: Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.) for assistance).