Search Sort by Newest to OldestOldest to NewestRelevanceA-ZZ-A Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 … Next page › Last page Last Capital Allocation and Planning for a Stabilizing Healthcare Outlook As hospitals and health systems respond to the challenges and opportunities of a stabilizing but still challenged market environment, their strategic and financial plans will inevitably change. Article 2025 Healthcare Credit and Capital Markets Outlook Despite overall industry improvements for not-for-profit health systems, the divide between stronger and weaker performers continues to increase. Other challenges to the sector include the still-challenged labor market, the continued difficult payer environment and potential policy changes from the new Trump administration. Article Five Keys to Improving Observation Management Five key steps health systems should consider implementing to improve their observation management strategies and ensure appropriate reimbursement. Article Embracing the Next Phase of Inorganic Payer Growth Health plans interested in inorganic growth should reflect deeply to better understand their motivations as it relates to their strategic goals. Article Rating Agency Update: Supplemental Funding Programs, Cybersecurity, and Industry Outlooks Supplemental funding programs, cybersecurity risks, and industry outlooks were the themes of this year’s Therese L. Wareham Rating Agency Panel at the 2024 Kaufman Hall Healthcare Leadership Conference. Article Leveraging Advanced Analytics and Sophisticated Modeling to Meet Today’s Financial Planning Needs As hospitals and health systems intensify their financial planning efforts, revisiting and refining the forecasting techniques and tools that guide their decisions has become paramount. Article Partnership Opportunities May Help Manage Evolving Dynamics in Radiology and Imaging Partnerships with imaging companies can offer a unique value proposition for health systems looking to blend their imaging offering between hospital outpatient department and independent diagnostic testing facility settings. Article Energy-as-a-Service Opportunities for Health Systems Health systems with substantial energy infrastructure may derive significant value from an energy-as-a-service (EaaS) partnership. Knowing what your health system wants from the partnership will help you identify the right structure for a successful partnership that aligns with your objectives. Article Care Transitions in an Academic Setting Care transition challenges are particularly acute for academic hospitals, driven in part by their unique tripartite academic mission. Learn how academic hospitals can apply the characteristics of high-performing hospitals to improve their care transitions and patient length of stay. Article Purchased Services Are a Mystery Worth Solving Purchased services represent a significant—but often unknown and overlooked—opportunity for cost savings. Discovering and quantifying the size of this opportunity requires a lot of detective work, but for most organizations, it is a mystery worth solving. Article Rethinking the Status of Publicly Owned Hospitals Leaders of publicly owned hospitals should make an ownership model analysis a regular part of their strategic planning process. While public ownership confers many advantages, this analysis will help leadership ensure that the ownership model aligns with strategic goals and long-term viability. Article Healthcare Financial Planning for Service Lines As organizations increasingly adopt a service line planning model, integrated strategic financial planning is more critical than ever. Article Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 … Next page › Last page Last
Capital Allocation and Planning for a Stabilizing Healthcare Outlook As hospitals and health systems respond to the challenges and opportunities of a stabilizing but still challenged market environment, their strategic and financial plans will inevitably change. Article
2025 Healthcare Credit and Capital Markets Outlook Despite overall industry improvements for not-for-profit health systems, the divide between stronger and weaker performers continues to increase. Other challenges to the sector include the still-challenged labor market, the continued difficult payer environment and potential policy changes from the new Trump administration. Article
Five Keys to Improving Observation Management Five key steps health systems should consider implementing to improve their observation management strategies and ensure appropriate reimbursement. Article
Embracing the Next Phase of Inorganic Payer Growth Health plans interested in inorganic growth should reflect deeply to better understand their motivations as it relates to their strategic goals. Article
Rating Agency Update: Supplemental Funding Programs, Cybersecurity, and Industry Outlooks Supplemental funding programs, cybersecurity risks, and industry outlooks were the themes of this year’s Therese L. Wareham Rating Agency Panel at the 2024 Kaufman Hall Healthcare Leadership Conference. Article
Leveraging Advanced Analytics and Sophisticated Modeling to Meet Today’s Financial Planning Needs As hospitals and health systems intensify their financial planning efforts, revisiting and refining the forecasting techniques and tools that guide their decisions has become paramount. Article
Partnership Opportunities May Help Manage Evolving Dynamics in Radiology and Imaging Partnerships with imaging companies can offer a unique value proposition for health systems looking to blend their imaging offering between hospital outpatient department and independent diagnostic testing facility settings. Article
Energy-as-a-Service Opportunities for Health Systems Health systems with substantial energy infrastructure may derive significant value from an energy-as-a-service (EaaS) partnership. Knowing what your health system wants from the partnership will help you identify the right structure for a successful partnership that aligns with your objectives. Article
Care Transitions in an Academic Setting Care transition challenges are particularly acute for academic hospitals, driven in part by their unique tripartite academic mission. Learn how academic hospitals can apply the characteristics of high-performing hospitals to improve their care transitions and patient length of stay. Article
Purchased Services Are a Mystery Worth Solving Purchased services represent a significant—but often unknown and overlooked—opportunity for cost savings. Discovering and quantifying the size of this opportunity requires a lot of detective work, but for most organizations, it is a mystery worth solving. Article
Rethinking the Status of Publicly Owned Hospitals Leaders of publicly owned hospitals should make an ownership model analysis a regular part of their strategic planning process. While public ownership confers many advantages, this analysis will help leadership ensure that the ownership model aligns with strategic goals and long-term viability. Article
Healthcare Financial Planning for Service Lines As organizations increasingly adopt a service line planning model, integrated strategic financial planning is more critical than ever. Article