Health care workers are in for a "whitewater ride" in coming years, Dr. Robert Nesse told Franciscan Healthcare employees today in La Crosse. But Nesse, CEO of the Mayo Clinic Healthcare System, wasn't talking about navigating the changing currents of the controversial federal Affordable Care Act. The ride continues their journey toward becoming a national health care model in cooperation with Mayo…"All politics aside, the business and health care relationships are much different today from five years ago," Nesse said during an interview before his address. "They are remarkably different, and not just because of laws."

La Crosse Tribune by Mike Tighe

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