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As care expands beyond inpatient settings and quality scrutiny grows, hospitals must elevate clinical documentation integrity into a strategic, enterprise-wide capability supported by aligned leadership, strong processes, and thoughtful technology to accurately reflect patient complexity and performance.

As health systems face growing pressure to lower costs, increase market share and run more efficiently, one thing is clear — the strength of their ambulatory care portfolio is quickly becoming a key differentiator.

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.

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.

With its acquisition of AMSURG, a national ambulatory chain, Ascension is changing the playbook for not-for-profit business model transformation. The acquisition raises important questions: How do we expect the game to be played moving forward, and how do we want to participate?

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

Senate parliamentarian takes issue with some proposed Medicaid cuts, payers pledge to reform prior authorization, ACIP meets amid criticism

This week’s graphic features an analysis from the Impact of Change report published by Sg2, a Vizient company, earlier this week.

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.

Hospitals continue to lose significant money on employing physicians, and the original goals of care coordination and efficiency haven't materialized. Rising costs, declining reimbursement advantages, overutilization of low-margin services and administrative burdens are factors behind these unsustainable losses.

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