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Faculty practice plans are complex entities; the addition of a community physician group adds to that complexity. The question for academic health system leadership is whether and when to combine the faculty and community physicians into a single entity.

Recent bank failures have shaken markets and raised questions about the stability of the banking system. This special market update explains why the failures that have occurred appear to be examples of institution-specific versus systemic risk, but notes that it remains too early to declare this a non-event.

All organizations, including America’s hospitals and health systems, need to confront the fact that no strategic plan lasts forever.

Although lifting the Public Health Emergency (PHE) sends a hopeful message in the country’s battle against the coronavirus, phasing out this federal funding will bring new financial challenges to a battle-weary hospital industry.

Today’s healthcare challenge is a Now in which credit and capital formation is essentially broken; a wildly multi-variable Near with potentially profoundly different outcomes; and a Far that is effectively jammed and inaccessible.

Recent bank failures have shaken markets and raised questions about the stability of the banking system. This special market update explains why the failures that have occurred appear to be examples of institution-specific versus systemic risk, but notes that it remains too early to declare this a non-event.

Hospitals entered 2023 on more stable footing, following the worst financial year since the start of the pandemic. However, they still face a range of persistent challenges, including higher labor expenses, lower patient volumes, and a fundamental shift in where patients access care services.

Faculty practice plans are complex entities; the addition of a community physician group adds to that complexity. The question for academic health system leadership is whether and when to combine the faculty and community physicians into a single entity.