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ACA premiums set to spike, CVS closes some Oak Street clinics, APPs can't be called "Doctor"

Hospital ownership of physician practices has grown significantly from 2008 to 2022, new data show.

In healthcare today, organizations can face opportunities across geographies and sectors, each with their own unique benefits and risks. But like a fruit tree at harvest time, these opportunities can be time sensitive.

Amid shifting perceptions of healthcare expertise, board and C-suite leaders must define the basic principles of their organization and its role in medicine, patient care and public health and consider how they will make decisions when these principles might conflict with current perceptions.

The One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB), passed this summer, contains a provision of great consequence for hospitals: Medicaid work requirements.

When health systems lack strong governance, tremble at the thought of change or fail to move in unison across their hospitals, progress decays and the cobwebs of inefficiency spread.

Fluency across clinical and financial perspectives is redefining leadership in healthcare

The answer to “why weren’t we downgraded” is multifaceted and will depend on each hospital’s circumstances. But there are often three factors at play, including rating tolerance, the role of medians and effective messaging.

Signs of interest in federal regulation of health AI, new warning issued about antibiotic resistance, White House announces drug pricing deal.

A recent study published by the American Hospital Association found that hospital outpatient departments (HOPDs) care for more complex patients than independent physician offices.

Integration is about more than structure or ownership; it is a process that develops connective tissue among an organization’s disparate parts to unlock the full potential of an integrated system.

Hospital performance is challenged by a decline in patient volumes and operating margins, increases in uncompensated care, and rising expenses, notably non-labor costs.