Search Sort by Newest to OldestOldest to NewestRelevanceA-ZZ-A 2024 Rating Agency Spring Webinar Watch an engaging discussion with Moody’s, Fitch and S&P on their latest industry outlooks, rating activity through early 2024 and what this means for the sector. Webinar The State of Hospitals Nationwide and Healthcare Borrowing Trends Recently, Erik Swanson and Robert Turner joined the Reorg podcast with reporter Hoa Nguyen to explore hospital financial performance and healthcare financing trends through the rest of 2023. Podcast What to Expect When a Consultant Call-in Report Is Required In the event of a covenant breach, management typically must hire an independent consultant to identify areas for financial and operational improvement. Find out what a consultant call-in does and does not entail, as well as considerations for timing and implementation. Article Summer 2023 Kaufman Hall Report: Strategic Alternatives for Health System Outreach Laboratories The latest Kaufman Hall Report includes an inside look at the strategic alternatives for health system outreach laboratories—and key challenges and opportunities for health systems. Research Report How the Balance Sheet Can Contribute to Performance Improvement There has always been a connection between performance improvement initiatives and the balance sheet. By reducing operating costs, boosting productivity, and enhancing revenues, a... Article Hitting the Reset Button With one out of every two hospitals expected to show an operating loss in 2022 , presentations to the rating agencies in many cases need to focus more on the turnaround plan and less on... Blog Who's Bucking the Trend? It’s not all bad news when it comes to not-for-profit hospital financial performance. Some hospitals and health systems are navigating labor pressures and reporting improving results. Blog Addressing Housing Affordability for the Healthcare Workforce Housing affordability—a problem that used to affect primarily the healthcare workforce in large urban centers and high-priced enclaves—is becoming an issue in a growing number of... Article Covenant Challenges Signal Need to Chart a Path to Sustainability The possibility of breached covenants is a symptom of deeper problems that require an all-hands-on-deck approach to get back on a sustainable path. Blog Spring 2022 Kaufman Hall Report: Workforce Dislocation, ESG, Consumerism, and Rising Rates The pandemic and its complex social and economic effects have dislocated the modern workforce. The problem is especially profound in healthcare, where nearly 1 in 5 workers quit their jobs during the pandemic and one-third of nurses plan to leave their current roles by the end of 2022. Research Report Winter 2022 Kaufman Hall Report: Strategies for Improving Recruitment and Retention Hospitals and health systems are feeling the full effects of the Great Resignation as labor expenses climb despite lower staffing levels. As a result, hospitals are paying higher wages to compete for qualified personnel. Read the Winter 2022 Kaufman Hall Report for strategies for improving recruitment and retention. Research Report A Roadmap for Post-Merger Integration Effective post-merger integration requires a rigorous and systematic approach involving four key stages. Article
2024 Rating Agency Spring Webinar Watch an engaging discussion with Moody’s, Fitch and S&P on their latest industry outlooks, rating activity through early 2024 and what this means for the sector. Webinar
The State of Hospitals Nationwide and Healthcare Borrowing Trends Recently, Erik Swanson and Robert Turner joined the Reorg podcast with reporter Hoa Nguyen to explore hospital financial performance and healthcare financing trends through the rest of 2023. Podcast
What to Expect When a Consultant Call-in Report Is Required In the event of a covenant breach, management typically must hire an independent consultant to identify areas for financial and operational improvement. Find out what a consultant call-in does and does not entail, as well as considerations for timing and implementation. Article
Summer 2023 Kaufman Hall Report: Strategic Alternatives for Health System Outreach Laboratories The latest Kaufman Hall Report includes an inside look at the strategic alternatives for health system outreach laboratories—and key challenges and opportunities for health systems. Research Report
How the Balance Sheet Can Contribute to Performance Improvement There has always been a connection between performance improvement initiatives and the balance sheet. By reducing operating costs, boosting productivity, and enhancing revenues, a... Article
Hitting the Reset Button With one out of every two hospitals expected to show an operating loss in 2022 , presentations to the rating agencies in many cases need to focus more on the turnaround plan and less on... Blog
Who's Bucking the Trend? It’s not all bad news when it comes to not-for-profit hospital financial performance. Some hospitals and health systems are navigating labor pressures and reporting improving results. Blog
Addressing Housing Affordability for the Healthcare Workforce Housing affordability—a problem that used to affect primarily the healthcare workforce in large urban centers and high-priced enclaves—is becoming an issue in a growing number of... Article
Covenant Challenges Signal Need to Chart a Path to Sustainability The possibility of breached covenants is a symptom of deeper problems that require an all-hands-on-deck approach to get back on a sustainable path. Blog
Spring 2022 Kaufman Hall Report: Workforce Dislocation, ESG, Consumerism, and Rising Rates The pandemic and its complex social and economic effects have dislocated the modern workforce. The problem is especially profound in healthcare, where nearly 1 in 5 workers quit their jobs during the pandemic and one-third of nurses plan to leave their current roles by the end of 2022. Research Report
Winter 2022 Kaufman Hall Report: Strategies for Improving Recruitment and Retention Hospitals and health systems are feeling the full effects of the Great Resignation as labor expenses climb despite lower staffing levels. As a result, hospitals are paying higher wages to compete for qualified personnel. Read the Winter 2022 Kaufman Hall Report for strategies for improving recruitment and retention. Research Report
A Roadmap for Post-Merger Integration Effective post-merger integration requires a rigorous and systematic approach involving four key stages. Article