Search Sort by Newest to OldestOldest to NewestRelevanceA-ZZ-A Pagination First page First Previous page ‹ … Page 2 Current page 3 Page 4 … Next page › Last page Last Listening and Learning Before you can establish the organizational thought platform that best guides your hospital forward, you will need a leadership team that is committed to creating a “listening and learning” healthcare company. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman Thriving Post-Reset: Payer-Provider Partnerships After the Pandemic In the pre-pandemic era, payer-provider partnerships were often focused on creating value by managing costs of care and delivering high-quality care. In today’s more challenging macro-economic environment, these conversations are becoming more direct and practical, with both payers and providers asking hard questions. Article Emerging Risks to the Medicare Advantage Market Medicare Advantage has been a tremendous growth story in recent years. Today, however, new risks are emerging from both providers and regulators that could stall and perhaps even reverse the growth strides health plans have made in the MA market. Blog Comments on Current Management Issues in the Healthcare C-Suite: “Culture Eats Strategy for Breakfast” But Probably Not Right Now Hospital leadership faces an undeniably hard challenge: regaining financial stability, finding a relevant post-Covid competitive vision, and energizing teams with a renewed sense of purpose. But fighting back is the hospital job of the moment. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman Comments on Current Management Issues in the Healthcare C-Suite: Hospital Strategy and Planning in Times of Financial Challenge During times of financial challenge, hospitals tend to aggressively cut back on both planning and the execution of overall strategy. But is this the right road for hospitals to take at this time? Thoughts from Ken Kaufman Comments on Current Management Issues in the Healthcare C-Suite: Management of Labor in Trying Financial Circumstances C-suites across America are moving to stronger measures to assure the financial survivability and competitiveness of their organizations. Data and analysis suggest that reductions in force are among the measures being taken today. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman The Physician Employment Model, Continued Hospital executives have given the physician employment strategy considerable thought. Here are four observations from healthcare leaders who are rethinking the physician employment model. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman Rating Agency Summer 2023 Update Our summer Rating Agency Webinar covers several important topics, including year-to-date rating activity through the first half of 2023 and what it tells us about the state of the industry. Webinar Rethinking Healthcare Economics: The Power of Advanced Practice Providers with Matthew Bates On a new episode of The Healthcare Plus Podcast, host Quint Studer and Matthew Bates discuss the financial pressures facing healthcare industry leaders today and discuss strategic solutions to improve create alignment and improve margins. Podcast The Hospital Makeover—Part 2 The physician employment model is clearly broken and in need of a near-term fix. The critical question for health system leaders is how to reconsider physician employment within the hospital operating plan. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman America’s Hospitals Need a Makeover In an environment unlike anything any of us have experienced, regaining financial equilibrium will require a comprehensive view of our organizations and environments and an openness to an outcome in which we do things very differently. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman Health System Workforce Market & Solutions: Flash Intelligence Our latest report uncovers emerging workforce spending trends. Research Report Pagination First page First Previous page ‹ … Page 2 Current page 3 Page 4 … Next page › Last page Last
Listening and Learning Before you can establish the organizational thought platform that best guides your hospital forward, you will need a leadership team that is committed to creating a “listening and learning” healthcare company. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman
Thriving Post-Reset: Payer-Provider Partnerships After the Pandemic In the pre-pandemic era, payer-provider partnerships were often focused on creating value by managing costs of care and delivering high-quality care. In today’s more challenging macro-economic environment, these conversations are becoming more direct and practical, with both payers and providers asking hard questions. Article
Emerging Risks to the Medicare Advantage Market Medicare Advantage has been a tremendous growth story in recent years. Today, however, new risks are emerging from both providers and regulators that could stall and perhaps even reverse the growth strides health plans have made in the MA market. Blog
Comments on Current Management Issues in the Healthcare C-Suite: “Culture Eats Strategy for Breakfast” But Probably Not Right Now Hospital leadership faces an undeniably hard challenge: regaining financial stability, finding a relevant post-Covid competitive vision, and energizing teams with a renewed sense of purpose. But fighting back is the hospital job of the moment. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman
Comments on Current Management Issues in the Healthcare C-Suite: Hospital Strategy and Planning in Times of Financial Challenge During times of financial challenge, hospitals tend to aggressively cut back on both planning and the execution of overall strategy. But is this the right road for hospitals to take at this time? Thoughts from Ken Kaufman
Comments on Current Management Issues in the Healthcare C-Suite: Management of Labor in Trying Financial Circumstances C-suites across America are moving to stronger measures to assure the financial survivability and competitiveness of their organizations. Data and analysis suggest that reductions in force are among the measures being taken today. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman
The Physician Employment Model, Continued Hospital executives have given the physician employment strategy considerable thought. Here are four observations from healthcare leaders who are rethinking the physician employment model. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman
Rating Agency Summer 2023 Update Our summer Rating Agency Webinar covers several important topics, including year-to-date rating activity through the first half of 2023 and what it tells us about the state of the industry. Webinar
Rethinking Healthcare Economics: The Power of Advanced Practice Providers with Matthew Bates On a new episode of The Healthcare Plus Podcast, host Quint Studer and Matthew Bates discuss the financial pressures facing healthcare industry leaders today and discuss strategic solutions to improve create alignment and improve margins. Podcast
The Hospital Makeover—Part 2 The physician employment model is clearly broken and in need of a near-term fix. The critical question for health system leaders is how to reconsider physician employment within the hospital operating plan. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman
America’s Hospitals Need a Makeover In an environment unlike anything any of us have experienced, regaining financial equilibrium will require a comprehensive view of our organizations and environments and an openness to an outcome in which we do things very differently. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman
Health System Workforce Market & Solutions: Flash Intelligence Our latest report uncovers emerging workforce spending trends. Research Report