Healthcare Recent Insights
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2025 M&A: From uncertainty to momentum
This week’s graphic highlights data from Kaufman Hall’s recently published 2025 Hospital and Health System M&A in Review on the dynamics in health system merger and acquisition (M&A) activity.
Brief
Gist Weekly: February 13, 2026
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Perioperative performance is a team sport
Research Report
National Hospital Flash Report: December 2025 Data
Thoughts from Ken
Thoughts from Ken Kaufman
Today’s essential characteristics for hospital success
Hospitals are getting squeezed from all sides, so winning will come down to nailing the basics—tight operations and finances, great quality, a workable payer mix, steadily better clinical talent, and a patient experience that’s easy and welcoming—with strong board and leadership teamwork to pull it all off.
Thoughts from Ken Kaufman
Healthcare expertise: Good news, bad news and difficult decisions
Thoughts from Ken Kaufman
Being an asset, not a liability: Leadership lessons from a backup quarterback
Thoughts from Ken Kaufman
A landmark acquisition highlights a new not-for-profit perspective
Credit and Capital Insights by Lisa Goldstein
Blog
Hospital rating activity moderates in 2025: Five key takeaways
Hospital rating downgrades declined in 2025 while the number of upgrades increased, resulting in a lower ratio of downgrades to upgrades and tempering higher downgrade activity in recent years.
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Why weren’t we downgraded?
Blog
Medicare at 60: A strategic reflection and call to action
Blog
Managing ratings as Medicaid reimbursement faces cuts
Recent Reports
Research Report
National Hospital Flash Report: December 2025 Data
Hospital performance settled into a “new normal” in 2025. Patient volumes continue to grow, and a persistent gap between gross and net operating revenue indicates an eroding payer mix and more uninsured patients.
Research Report
Physician Flash Report: Q4 2025 Metrics
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National Hospital Flash Report: November 2025 Data
Research Report