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

In today’s volatile healthcare landscape, CFOs are being called to step beyond traditional financial management and embrace a transformative leadership role.

The critical link between patient access and loyalty means that even a modest increase in loyal patients can significantly boost revenue. Many health systems, however, capture less than half of a patient’s total healthcare spend due to poor access and scheduling inefficiencies.

The proposed NIH policy to cap indirect costs on research grants at 15% would strain academic medical centers (AMCs) and universities that rely on these funds to support essential infrastructure.

The hospital and health system leaders we work with are extremely concerned about the financial impact their organizations may experience from potentially significant Medicaid policy changes, following the recent passage of a budget resolution by the U.S. House of Representatives.

A deeper dive into Kaufman Hall’s National Hospital Flash Report data provides important lessons in the management of departmental performance and shared services costs.

A conversation with Rich Liekweg, CEO of BJC Health System in Missouri, and Nick Barto, president of BJC Health System

Health plans interested in inorganic growth should reflect deeply to better understand their motivations as it relates to their strategic goals.

It has been an incredibly busy and exciting year for our Strategy & Business Transformation practice at Kaufman Hall. In 2024, we observed hospitals and health systems take steps to reinvigorate their strategic efforts amid a stabilizing, but still challenging, outlook.

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.