Insights

For hospitals and health systems, the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) represents both a stress test and an inflection point: a convergence of policy overhaul, payer realignment, workforce turbulence and healthcare access that will reshape operating models for years to come.

With passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, Medicare gained authority to negotiate maximum fair prices for select high-spend, single-source drugs in Parts B and D. This analysis evaluates how wholesale acquisition cost for top-spend drugs have shifted using pre/post observation windows for each program.

Fluency across clinical and financial perspectives is redefining leadership in healthcare.

With ED volumes surging and inpatient bottlenecks worsening, hospitals must adopt bold, data-driven strategies to streamline care, expand access, and safeguard both patient health and financial sustainability.

As health systems face intensifying financial pressure, shifting care patterns, workforce shortages and the encroachment of nontraditional competitors, the role of service lines is undergoing a profound shift. No longer merely engines of volume growth or operational standardization, service lines are increasingly expected to shape enterprise strategy, drive systemness and serve as connective tissue across clinical, operational and market-facing priorities.

As AI adoption accelerates, leaders must strengthen oversight, accuracy and maturity to ensure safe, scalable and sustainable results.

Economic uncertainty, pharmacy and indirect spend are driving cost surges that squeeze margins and complicate strategic investment decisions — but that doesn’t mean healthcare executives should panic. Here are actionable insights that can be implemented now to support budgeting and system-wide financial planning.

From top honors to transformative sessions, Tuesday showcased progress toward higher-value, more resilient care.

In an era of increasing financial pressure, UK HealthCare has achieved impressive progress in reducing non-labor expenses through a coordinated strategy that blends analytics, process improvement and cross-functional collaboration.

How healthcare systems can act now to address the rising complexity, costs and capacity demands driven by an aging population

It’s been two decades since Vizient launched its Quality & Accountability Study, which empowers hospitals to improve patient outcomes and achieve lasting performance.

A deeper dive into the numbers behind the numbers in Kaufman Hall’s National Hospital Flash Report generates a nuanced story, with results that are relevant to setting long-term social health policy agenda and to the strategic management of complex provider organizations.

From revenue cycle to linen services, leading hospitals like Stanford Health Care and Cleveland Clinic are deploying AI behind the scenes to boost efficiency, empower staff and reimagine how healthcare systems run.

With passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, Medicare gained authority to negotiate maximum fair prices for select high-spend, single-source drugs in Parts B and D. This analysis evaluates how wholesale acquisition cost for top-spend drugs have shifted using pre/post observation windows for each program.

As health systems face intensifying financial pressure, shifting care patterns, workforce shortages and the encroachment of nontraditional competitors, the role of service lines is undergoing a profound shift. No longer merely engines of volume growth or operational standardization, service lines are increasingly expected to shape enterprise strategy, drive systemness and serve as connective tissue across clinical, operational and market-facing priorities.

For hospitals and health systems, the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) represents both a stress test and an inflection point: a convergence of policy overhaul, payer realignment, workforce turbulence and healthcare access that will reshape operating models for years to come.

With ED volumes surging and inpatient bottlenecks worsening, hospitals must adopt bold, data-driven strategies to streamline care, expand access, and safeguard both patient health and financial sustainability.

Economic uncertainty, pharmacy and indirect spend are driving cost surges that squeeze margins and complicate strategic investment decisions — but that doesn’t mean healthcare executives should panic. Here are actionable insights that can be implemented now to support budgeting and system-wide financial planning.

As AI adoption accelerates, leaders must strengthen oversight, accuracy and maturity to ensure safe, scalable and sustainable results.

Novant Health chief safety and quality officer Dr. David Priest leads with curiosity, creativity and compassion — proving that influence, not authority, is the true power behind lasting change.

Fluency across clinical and financial perspectives is redefining leadership in healthcare.

It’s been two decades since Vizient launched its Quality & Accountability Study, which empowers hospitals to improve patient outcomes and achieve lasting performance.

From revenue cycle to linen services, leading hospitals like Stanford Health Care and Cleveland Clinic are deploying AI behind the scenes to boost efficiency, empower staff and reimagine how healthcare systems run.

A multi-part series exploring integration as a strategic, cultural and leadership discipline across all stages of organizational evolution. In this series, we will explore the ongoing, essential work of bringing systems, people and purpose together—not just post-merger, but at any point in the life of an evolving organization.

When a healthcare organization’s workplace culture is toxic—when people don’t feel psychologically safe enough to speak up, to share ideas or to challenge the status quo—patient safety is at risk.

Two distinguished chief executive officers reflect on how their clinical roots guide their leadership at top academic medical centers.

While days cash on hand is a pillar liquidity ratio for healthcare, liquidity is an equally important concept. There is a difference between wealth and liquidity, and recent events have demonstrated the growing importance of the latter.