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This week’s graphic features data from an American Hospital Association (AHA) report about violence in the healthcare workplace.

Many payer agreements lack provisions that would give hospitals greater visibility, predictability and recourse in the face of denial risk.

This episode features Kris Blohm and Courtney Midanek, Managing Directors and Co-Practice Leads for Mergers and Acquisitions at Kaufman Hall, as they explore how health systems can use a holistic, data-driven approach to assess operations, optimize service lines, and drive long-term success.

Forward-looking healthcare systems aren’t waiting for conditions to stabilize. They are moving deliberately toward strategic partnerships that position them for long-term relevance and resilience.

Burnout and stress are prevalent among healthcare providers, including nursing staff. On a recent episode of the Gist Healthcare podcast, host J. Carlisle Larsen is joined by Trish Shucoski, DNP, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, chief nurse executive at BayCare. And BayCare's advanced nursing educator, Rocky Hauch, DNP, RN, PCCN.

Medicare proposed rule includes site neutrality, judge strikes Biden-era medical debt relief, healthcare data breaches rise.

This week’s graphic highlights a new report from The Commonwealth Fund with data on state-by-state health performance.

With an estimated $1 trillion in healthcare-related spending reductions, the One Big Beautiful Bill could significantly disrupt the U.S. healthcare system. Flourishing in the face of uncertainty will require focus on four imperatives: margin transformation, care delivery realignment, structural resilience and technological enablement.

Forward-thinking practices should consider succession planning long before they think they need to. Those that do will continue to grow, attract new physician talent, satisfy the needs of retiring physicians and, ultimately, continue to benefit their patients and communities.

Hospital and health system executives and board members are currently confronting financial and operational uncertainty on multiple fronts—and the constant barrage of changing information can be overwhelming.

Kris Blohm, Managing Director, Practice Co-Leader, Mergers & Acquisitions, Kaufman Hall, and Courtney Midanek, Managing Director, Practice Co-Leader, Mergers & Acquisitions, Kaufman...

The healthcare industry will see roughly $1 trillion in federal spending cuts over the next decade now that H.R. 1—better known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act—has been signed into law.