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Jobs report shows that healthcare powers the economy, ACO adoption continues to climb, cyberattacks at five-year high

This week’s graphic highlights data from Kaufman Hall’s recently published 2025 Hospital and Health System M&A in Review on the dynamics in health system merger and acquisition (M&A) activity.

Explore why improving perioperative performance requires a systemwide, team-based approach—not just fixing individual metrics—and how hospitals can optimize OR capacity, coordination, and decision-making for sustained performance improvement.

Hospital performance settled into a “new normal” in 2025. Patient volumes continue to grow, and a persistent gap between gross and net operating revenue indicates an eroding payer mix and more uninsured patients.

Compensation is not keeping pace with physician productivity, while patient demand continues to rise and the proportion of advanced practice providers expands across the workforce.

Physicians face higher rates of depression, anxiety, and suicide risk than the general population, yet fewer than one in three with a mental health condition ever receives care. Dr. Jesse Ehrenfeld, professor of anesthesiology at the Medical College of Wisconsin and Global Chief Medical Officer for AIDOC, discusses what happens when physicians consider getting help.

Prior authorizations, concerns about the cost of coverage

Life expectancy is rising, according to the latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention release of U.S. mortality data.

Nurse managers sit at the center of workforce stability, care quality and financial performance. As burnout and turnover threaten health systems, supporting nurse managers has become a critical executive strategy for sustaining performance and growth.

Physicians face higher rates of depression, anxiety, and suicide risk than the general population, yet most never seek mental health care. In this episode, Dr. Jesse Ehrenfeld, professor of anesthesiology at the Medical College of Wisconsin and Global Chief Medical Officer for AIDOC, discusses new JAMA research examining why. The conversation looks at how medical culture, stigma, time constraints and concerns about confidentiality or professional consequences can keep physicians from getting help, even when effective treatment exists.

2027 MA rate proposal, rural health funding update, and Joint Commission and NQF streamline safety reporting

A recent study published in Obstetrics & Gynecology projects a worsening mismatch between obstetrician-gynecologist (OB-GYN) supply and patient demand over the next decade.