Search Sort by Newest to OldestOldest to NewestRelevanceA-ZZ-A Gist Weekly: December 5, 2025 Healthcare sector delivers best-performing quarter, affordability crisis deepens, CMS proposes Medicare Advantage star ratings overhaul Brief Gist Weekly: August 15, 2025 A better credit outlook for hospitals, AI takes center stage, staffing troubles at VA hospitals Brief Medicare at 60: A strategic reflection and call to action As Medicare turns 60, new challenges are on the horizon: from site-neutral reforms to payment model shifts. These challenges will be compounded by the One Big Beautiful Bill’s impact. A proactive response will help ensure that hospitals remain vital community institutions in the decades ahead. Blog Managing ratings as Medicaid reimbursement faces cuts Possible limitations on state directed payment programs could have a significant impact on many hospitals’ bottom line. Organizations should act now to model the impact and identify steps that could help mitigate it. Blog The Implications of Losing Access to Tax-Exempt Financing Of the long list of possible federal budget cuts released on January 17, the suggestion to eliminate the tax-exempt status for interest payments on municipal bonds is an item of particular concern. While it is too early to wager on any of the items on the list, the implications of this move for not-for-profit hospitals would be severe. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman
Gist Weekly: December 5, 2025 Healthcare sector delivers best-performing quarter, affordability crisis deepens, CMS proposes Medicare Advantage star ratings overhaul Brief
Gist Weekly: August 15, 2025 A better credit outlook for hospitals, AI takes center stage, staffing troubles at VA hospitals Brief
Medicare at 60: A strategic reflection and call to action As Medicare turns 60, new challenges are on the horizon: from site-neutral reforms to payment model shifts. These challenges will be compounded by the One Big Beautiful Bill’s impact. A proactive response will help ensure that hospitals remain vital community institutions in the decades ahead. Blog
Managing ratings as Medicaid reimbursement faces cuts Possible limitations on state directed payment programs could have a significant impact on many hospitals’ bottom line. Organizations should act now to model the impact and identify steps that could help mitigate it. Blog
The Implications of Losing Access to Tax-Exempt Financing Of the long list of possible federal budget cuts released on January 17, the suggestion to eliminate the tax-exempt status for interest payments on municipal bonds is an item of particular concern. While it is too early to wager on any of the items on the list, the implications of this move for not-for-profit hospitals would be severe. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman
