Healthcare Recent Insights
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The burden of health spending for working families
As healthcare inflation continues to outpace overall inflation, American families are spending more on care and bearing that cost unevenly.
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Gist Weekly: January 23, 2026
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Hospital rating activity moderates in 2025: Five key takeaways
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Physicians want more input on AI use and adoption
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
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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?
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Medicare at 60: A strategic reflection and call to action
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Managing ratings as Medicaid reimbursement faces cuts
Recent Reports
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National Hospital Flash Report: November 2025 Data
Despite a decline in hospital performance and volume this month, year-to-date revenue, volume, and margins are still strong compared to prior years.
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Hospital and health system M&A in review: Uncertainty transitions to continued momentum in 2025
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National Hospital Flash Report: October 2025 Data
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