The latest Kaufman Hall Report includes highlights from the annual Healthcare Leadership Conference.

Burnout continues to challenge physicians, and new data from The Permanente Medical Group shows ambient AI scribes may help ease the burden.

The most recent National Hospital Flash Report highlights stabilizing hospital margins, with a persistent gap in hospital performance, according to September 2025 data.

Healthcare sector delivers best-performing quarter, affordability crisis deepens, CMS proposes Medicare Advantage star ratings overhaul

The healthcare payment landscape continues to face uncertainty as support grows for additional “site neutrality” in reimbursement, with the policy goal of reducing or eliminating payment differentials between hospital-based outpatient departments (HOPDs) and freestanding physician offices or ambulatory care sites for the same services.

The role of Treasury in healthcare is changing. Once primarily viewed as the department that moved cash and managed bank accounts, Treasury has become the conduit for moving financial information across the organization.

Health system executive leaders and boards have recently weathered numerous existential challenges, from COVID-19 to cyberattacks to the One Big Beautiful Bill.

Healthcare is facing its own Apollo 13 moment. In his latest blog, Vizient President and CEO Byron Jobe shares how leaders can navigate today’s uncertainty by widening the circle, strengthening alignment and turning isolated insights into coordinated action.

In this episode, Chris DeRienzo, MD, Senior Vice President and Chief Physician Executive for the American Hospital Association, discusses findings from the latest Vizient and AHA analysis, including how delayed discharges and administrative demands affect care delivery.

The number of physicians exiting traditional Medicare has accelerated, especially since the Covid-19 pandemic, with the annual exit rate climbing from less than 1% in 2013 to nearly 5% in 2023, a new JAMA study has found.

Shutdown ends, Moody’s outlook for not-for-profit hospitals for 2026, Canada loses measles elimination status.

Many health systems assume their core service lines are their financial pillars. These programs are highly visible, central to their identity as high-quality providers and often among the most active areas in the system. But activity is not the same as performance.