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By effectively putting strategy into action, hospitals and healthcare systems can thrive amid today’s financial and operational challenges and position themselves to confront the looming threats that are just around the corner.

GLP-1 therapies mark a turning point in healthcare; what began as a diabetes therapy now helps with obesity, sleep apnea and more. Here are three emerging ideas that may represent the next breakthrough that will redefine healthcare.

The challenges that hospitals and health systems currently face are amplifying this complexity, from uncertainty about potential changes to federal healthcare policy—including Medicaid and NIH funding cuts and tariffs—inflation, and ongoing workforce challenges.

Senior healthcare leaders and board members routinely ask us the following two questions.

The proposed NIH policy to cap indirect costs on research grants at 15% would strain academic medical centers (AMCs) and universities that rely on these funds to support essential infrastructure.

The hospital and health system leaders we work with are extremely concerned about the financial impact their organizations may experience from potentially significant Medicaid policy changes, following the recent passage of a budget resolution by the U.S. House of Representatives.

A deeper dive into Kaufman Hall’s National Hospital Flash Report data provides important lessons in the management of departmental performance and shared services costs.

A conversation with Rich Liekweg, CEO of BJC Health System in Missouri, and Nick Barto, president of BJC Health System

Health plans interested in inorganic growth should reflect deeply to better understand their motivations as it relates to their strategic goals.

It has been an incredibly busy and exciting year for our Strategy & Business Transformation practice at Kaufman Hall. In 2024, we observed hospitals and health systems take steps to reinvigorate their strategic efforts amid a stabilizing, but still challenging, outlook.

As health systems enter a period of relative stabilization following the pandemic and its inflationary aftermath, many leaders are rethinking their organization’s enterprise strategy.