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The future will favor payers that adapt to changing market circumstances with agency and velocity. Payers will need to make tough choices.

With extension of the 2017 tax cuts identified as a key priority for the incoming Trump administration, offsetting expense actions will be needed to avoid increasing the federal deficit. Hospital leaders should be prepared for potential cuts to both the Medicaid program and the enhanced ACA subsidies enacted in 2021.

A growth strategy focused on access, accretive opportunities, and ambulatory represents a new “Triple A” for hospitals and health systems.

Recent efforts to contemporize primary care have proven that the best intentions, the smartest ideas, and a lot of money are no guarantee of commercial success. Corporate America has found primary care to be a confounding and, so far, unsuccessful business model.

As health systems enter a period of relative stabilization following the pandemic and its inflationary aftermath, many leaders are rethinking their organization’s enterprise strategy.

Solo living is becoming much more common in American society. As the concept of the American family shifts, and in this case, unwinds, healthcare leaders need to be attuned to new demands—and nimble enough to meet them.

Some health systems may find themselves wondering if the retreat of both Walmart and Walgreens proves that primary care delivery is just too hard for disruptors to find success.

A servant leader needs to be intellectually curious and strive to learn more from their employees as they lead. Every moment spent with caregivers and colleagues is a learning and a teaching moment.

To fully capture the benefits of changes in institutional advancement, leadership should focus on two questions. Do we have the datasets and analytics needed to measure donor potential and engagement in an effective way? And have we structured our advancement office to best support its productivity and effectiveness?

A new conversation about founder mode vs. management mode is challenging conventional thinking about leadership styles and organizational structures. In a new blog, Ken Kaufman defines the characteristics of founder mode and how it can prompt leaders to test their habits and beliefs about how to run an organization.

As the Medicare Advantage (MA) Annual Enrollment Period (AEP) is fast approaching, let us imagine a future where Artificial Intelligence (AI) plays a much bigger role in the health plan sales process.

We’re pleased to welcome you to our Strategy Spotlight blog, a space where we intend to regularly share our insights—and those of our colleagues—on the evolving challenges and opportunities healthcare organizations are confronting.