Healthcare bankruptcies declined again in 2025, but ongoing financial pressures, policy uncertainty, and rising costs continue to challenge providers, signaling that underlying market stress remains.

This week’s Gist Weekly covers major healthcare developments, including Stryker cyberattacks, Aetna’s settlement with the Justice Department, and a court blocking HHS vaccine schedule changes, with expert analysis for industry leaders.

Explore Kaufman Hall’s January 2026 National Hospital Flash Report for the latest data on hospital margins, volumes, revenue, and expenses across more than 1,300 U.S. hospitals.

In this Gist Healthcare Podcast episode, experts discuss why healthcare policy isn’t currently dominating Washington’s agenda—and how quickly that could shift amid evolving federal priorities and industry pressures.

The latest Vizient Research Institute study, The access imperative: Reimagining care delivery for a more complex patient population, concludes that the bulk of hospitalizations in the United States are due to chronic illness.

Court orders Leapfrog Group to remove some safety grades, non-network plans proposed for ACA, healthcare jobs drop following strikes

Learn how healthcare leaders are turning AI from hype into real value—improving operations, workforce efficiency, and patient experience through practical strategy and governance.

Explore how Kaufman Hall helped structure an award-winning $80M financing solution to build a modern hospital for the Navajo Nation, overcoming unique legal and funding barriers to improve access and outcomes for Indigenous populations.

Dive into this Gist Healthcare Podcast episode to understand how site-neutral payment reforms are shifting reimbursement realities for health systems and what strategic cost restructuring and operational alignment leaders must undertake to adapt and thrive.

The latest Vizient Spend Management Outlook projects a 2.78% overall increase in healthcare supply chain prices for July 2026 to June 2027.

Maternal mortality declines, health system suffers a cyberattack, Medicare Advantage enrollment growth slows

At recent Vizient CEO Networks meetings, discussions focused on how structural pressure, chronic disease and AI are converging—and why executive alignment will determine what comes next.