Insights

Vizient’s Kristin Oberfeld breaks down the who, what and why about the Transforming Episode Accountability Model (TEAM), a new mandatory payment model proposed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicai... read more

The many forces driving some hospitals to financial distress make it impossible to maintain the status quo. Leaders can move beyond a binary close-or-don’t-close decision to reconsider what it means ... read more

Health system leaders can no longer afford to think of APPs as extenders or expensive scribes. They must work to effectively integrate APPs across clinical settings and develop the operational and fi... read more

By embracing a proactive approach to care management, prioritizing the patient experience, leveraging technology and incorporating value-based care concepts, providers can become indispensable partne... read more

A year after Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse—and on the heels of the Change Healthcare cyberattack—the issue of counterparty risk has new urgency. While not all risks can be anticipated, there are foc... read more

By addressing variation and exploring the unique characteristics of each product, you can achieve managed outcomes, reduced complications, streamlined workflows and cost savings, says Vizient’s Trish... read more

With hundreds of competing priorities, hospital executive teams must focus on something they that they know they can spend time on and get real results from. An intense focus on improving length of s... read more

The Department of Justice, Department of Health and Human Services, and Federal Trade Commission recently issued a request for information on consolidation in healthcare markets. Kaufman Hall raises ... read more

The 2024 Vizient Supplier Forum acknowledged the challenges ahead while also focusing on the silver lining that is peeking through healthcare’s “new normal”: Tough times have inspired a collaborative... read more

Sustainable procurement in clinical labs remains in its infancy — but we can, and should, harness the potential of environmental stewardship to evolve current laboratory practices. Vizient’s Mellissa... read more

The employed physician model is coming under stress at many health systems. Given the growing financial pressures that health systems face, they must rethink how they are deploying scarce financial r... read more

Harness high-performance principles with strategies for health systems and hospitals... read more