Search Sort by Newest to OldestOldest to NewestRelevanceA-ZZ-A Pagination First page First Previous page ‹ … Page 4 Current page 5 Page 6 Next page › Last page Last From Adversary to Partner: Insights for Payers and Providers Depending on the market, organizations face increased competition from large, integrated companies—or looming pressure from new tech-savvy entrants like Amazon and Google that are unencumbered by the operating challenges and fixed-cost infrastructures of legacy healthcare providers. Article 2017 in Review: The Year M&A Shook the Healthcare Landscape Learn why 2017 has been appropriately tagged as a transformative year for healthcare deal-making, and the implications. Research Report Best Practices for Partnering Success Governance plays a central role as 2 CEOs join forces to form a broader system to take on today’s health care challenges Hospital and health system leadership teams may look to partner... Article Strategic Partnering to Gain Competencies for Future Healthcare Delivery The US economic climate, unsustainable spending on healthcare, an evolving insurance market, technological advances, and increased healthcare decision making by Internet-empowered consumers accelerated the emergence of a new business model. Article M&A Industry Flash Report: Laboratory Services October 2017 Hospital-based and independent labs are increasingly challenged by depressed volume, declining payment rates, and disruptive innovation. These challenges and others are leading many laboratory and diagnostic services providers to explore mergers, acquisitions, and other affiliations as vehicles to gain greater scale and improve their competitive positions. Research Report Defining an Endgame for Consolidation: Lessons from Banking The pace of healthcare consolidation has been accelerating significantly. Between 2006 and 2016, the number of announced hospital and health system transactions increased 55 percent. As I discuss these trends with healthcare executives across the country, the question I hear most often is: What is the endgame? Thoughts from Ken Kaufman What’s Your Lab Strategy? The Economics Are Changing Dramatically Until recently, many hospital and health system executives have counted on relatively stable margins from laboratory departments. The economics of lab testing is changing dramatically due to market forces, including reduced Medicare payments, competition from national labs, higher cost sharing for patients, growth in bundled payments, and more. Article Increased For-Profit Funding for Outpatient Expansion Should Put Hospitals on Alert Recent news about investments in outpatient care among non-traditional competitors should put hospitals and health systems on notice: The nature of healthcare today is generating aggressive competition for patients and physicians. The stakes are high. Remaining competitive will require a planning process that is as nimble and assertive as that of new competitors. Article Industry Flash Report: Home Health and Hospice Services 2017 The latest Industry Flash Report looks at mergers, acquisitions, and partnership activity in the Home Health and Hospice sectors, including the major players involved, and the implications for hospitals and health systems. Research Report Diverse Activity Showcases New Rationale Many healthcare providers are seeking the ability to form—or the opportunity to join—an integrated system or delivery network. Article Partnering in the New Health Care Environment: 5 Questions for Boards Learn five questions that trustees and healthcare executives should be asking to help ensure partnerships that will best position their organizations for success in a rapidly changing healthcare environment. Article Industry Flash Report: Ambulatory Surgery Centers 2017 The Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) sector is comprised of about 5,600 Medicare-certified centers nationwide. Overall, the sector is expected to continue modest volume and revenue... Research Report Pagination First page First Previous page ‹ … Page 4 Current page 5 Page 6 Next page › Last page Last
From Adversary to Partner: Insights for Payers and Providers Depending on the market, organizations face increased competition from large, integrated companies—or looming pressure from new tech-savvy entrants like Amazon and Google that are unencumbered by the operating challenges and fixed-cost infrastructures of legacy healthcare providers. Article
2017 in Review: The Year M&A Shook the Healthcare Landscape Learn why 2017 has been appropriately tagged as a transformative year for healthcare deal-making, and the implications. Research Report
Best Practices for Partnering Success Governance plays a central role as 2 CEOs join forces to form a broader system to take on today’s health care challenges Hospital and health system leadership teams may look to partner... Article
Strategic Partnering to Gain Competencies for Future Healthcare Delivery The US economic climate, unsustainable spending on healthcare, an evolving insurance market, technological advances, and increased healthcare decision making by Internet-empowered consumers accelerated the emergence of a new business model. Article
M&A Industry Flash Report: Laboratory Services October 2017 Hospital-based and independent labs are increasingly challenged by depressed volume, declining payment rates, and disruptive innovation. These challenges and others are leading many laboratory and diagnostic services providers to explore mergers, acquisitions, and other affiliations as vehicles to gain greater scale and improve their competitive positions. Research Report
Defining an Endgame for Consolidation: Lessons from Banking The pace of healthcare consolidation has been accelerating significantly. Between 2006 and 2016, the number of announced hospital and health system transactions increased 55 percent. As I discuss these trends with healthcare executives across the country, the question I hear most often is: What is the endgame? Thoughts from Ken Kaufman
What’s Your Lab Strategy? The Economics Are Changing Dramatically Until recently, many hospital and health system executives have counted on relatively stable margins from laboratory departments. The economics of lab testing is changing dramatically due to market forces, including reduced Medicare payments, competition from national labs, higher cost sharing for patients, growth in bundled payments, and more. Article
Increased For-Profit Funding for Outpatient Expansion Should Put Hospitals on Alert Recent news about investments in outpatient care among non-traditional competitors should put hospitals and health systems on notice: The nature of healthcare today is generating aggressive competition for patients and physicians. The stakes are high. Remaining competitive will require a planning process that is as nimble and assertive as that of new competitors. Article
Industry Flash Report: Home Health and Hospice Services 2017 The latest Industry Flash Report looks at mergers, acquisitions, and partnership activity in the Home Health and Hospice sectors, including the major players involved, and the implications for hospitals and health systems. Research Report
Diverse Activity Showcases New Rationale Many healthcare providers are seeking the ability to form—or the opportunity to join—an integrated system or delivery network. Article
Partnering in the New Health Care Environment: 5 Questions for Boards Learn five questions that trustees and healthcare executives should be asking to help ensure partnerships that will best position their organizations for success in a rapidly changing healthcare environment. Article
Industry Flash Report: Ambulatory Surgery Centers 2017 The Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) sector is comprised of about 5,600 Medicare-certified centers nationwide. Overall, the sector is expected to continue modest volume and revenue... Research Report