What does the future of health care in Baton Rouge look like?

Running a hospital has never been easy, but today’s health care leaders are facing more challenges than ever.

Rising costs, staffing shortages, evolving technology and the constant push to improve access to care—it’s a lot to juggle. And in Baton Rouge, where the population is growing and health care needs are shifting, the decisions these CEOs make today will have ripple effects for years to come.

So how are Baton Rouge’s hospital leaders tackling these challenges? And what’s next for health care in the Capital Region? For its latest issue, Business Report sat down with four of the biggest names in the industry to find out.

Woman’s Hospital President and CEO Rene Ragas says the biggest challenges facing hospitals today are regarding the workforce—shortages of health care workers, the workforce pipeline and talent recruitment and retention.

Baton Rouge General CEO Edgardo Tenreiro points to hospitals having to navigate potential changes to Medicaid as payment models are redesigned as among the biggest challenges in heath care today.

“As the state works with the federal government on this, hospitals and the physicians providing the care may inadvertently be impacted financially by the efforts,” he says.

Read the full Q&A, and send comments to editor@businessreport.com.