Featured Resources
Responding to the Risk of Site-Neutral Payments
Challenges to hospital outpatient department reimbursement rates are coming from all directions. As the likelihood of site-neutral payments increases over a range of services, hospitals and health systems must understand which services are most at risk from these changes and determine how quickly they will respond.
Article
From Strategy to Execution: The Four A’s in Academia
The unique characteristics of academic institutions can compound the difficulties, but colleges and universities that are serious about putting their strategy into action need to face this challenge head on.
Blog
CEO Roundtable: Post-Pandemic Strategies
In this roundtable, Kaufman Hall discusses the post-pandemic outlook with CEOs of two health systems that share three characteristics: sound balance sheets, relative geographic isolation, and operating revenue of near $1 billion.
Case Study
Languishing
A very interesting short article recently appeared in The New York Times that explored the COVID phenomenon of “languishing.” The author defines languishing as “the collective fog we...
Thoughts from Ken Kaufman
Dynamic Financial Planning Provides a Hedge Against Future Disruption
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has introduced new and potentially long-lasting volatility into traditional financial planning processes at hospitals and health systems. Financial planning remains as important as ever—perhaps even more so as the risk of operating dislocation continues, and new risks appear on the horizon.
Article
Healthcare Resources
Responding to the Risk of Site-Neutral Payments
Challenges to hospital outpatient department reimbursement rates are coming from all directions. As the likelihood of site-neutral payments increases over a range of services, hospitals and health systems must understand which services are most at risk from these changes and determine how quickly they will respond.
Article
Why Strategic Networks Make Sense for Academic Medical Centers
Academic medical centers (AMCs) have many unique attributes that distinguish them from other hospitals. These same attributes make them ideal partners within a strategic network that comprises community hospitals, rural hospitals, or both.
Article
Strategic Options in the Wake of COVID-19
For hospitals & health systems, there is no going back to the past. Setting the strategic course requires an unshackled assessment of what the new landscape could look like. Read more.
Article
Higher Education Resources
From Strategy to Execution: The Four A’s in Academia
The unique characteristics of academic institutions can compound the difficulties, but colleges and universities that are serious about putting their strategy into action need to face this challenge head on.
Blog
Financial Modeling for Your Online Product Mix Beyond the Fall 2020 Term
Almost all colleges and universities had initiated some level of activity around online education before the COVID-19 crisis struck. Read more on how to financial model for the fall and beyond.
Article
Financial Modeling for an Online Fall 2020 Term
Given the uncertainty surrounding the pandemic, colleges and universities are already considering that courses may need to remain remote for all or part of the fall term, and perhaps beyond. Read more.
Article
Webinars & Podcasts
Capital Allocation: Making Integrated Decisions in a Dynamic Environment
Today the “investment safety net” is gone and the impact of bad capital decisions has both immediate and long-term implications. The higher education sector is facing challenges to its...
Webinar
Six Factors to Consider Before Pursuing Bundled Payments
Earlier this year, CMS announced the Bundled Payment for Care Improvement Advanced (BPCI-A) initiative. The first new value-based payment model to be announced since President Trump...
Webinar
Financial Planning - The Key to Integrated Decision-Making
Watch this webinar as Kaufman Hall hosts University of Vermont Health Network (UVMHN) Director of Finance, Marc Stanislas. This webinar discusses the relationship between financial...
Webinar