When deciding whether to use rolling forecasting alone or in addition to annual budgeting, finance leaders should consider major differences between the two approaches

The story behind Kodak’s bankruptcy in 2012, after a century of market dominance, offers a key lesson for healthcare leaders. Kodak was not blindsided by disruptive digital technologies...

The latest issue of the Kaufman Hall Report features articles on the need for legacy healthcare organizations to dramatically reduce costs, and how hospital and health system leaders can better manage costs associated with key quality indicators.

Every college and university has a portfolio of financial risks and resources which its leaders seek to deploy in a manner that balances the pursuit of growth against a set of...

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos paints on a big canvas. The canvas is so big that it is nearly impossible to step back far enough to appreciate the full picture. The fact that the picture is getting larger and being embellished every day makes it even more difficult to grasp its dimension and interconnections.

The Spring 2017 issue of the Kaufman Hall Report features articles on Northwestern Medicine's process for integrating the patient's voice into all aspects of the organization, and the use of cost data to support strategic decisions.

A performance improvement process undertaken by a northeastern health system exemplifies fundamental principles that should characterize all such efforts.

Learn how a California hospital is implementing consumer-oriented strategies to optimize the patient experience.

There are a number of ways in which Treasury Operations groups in not-for-profit hospitals and healthcare system can improve performance with regard to banking activities, relationships and services received.

Ken Kaufman has a wide-ranging conversation with Michael Peregrine, partner at McDermott Will & Emery, on what healthcare boards need to know about industry disruption. Covering artificial intelligence, powerful new competitors, pending legislation, and more, Kaufman challenges healthcare boards to adopt a culture of experimentation and change. This podcast is from McDermott Will & Emery's Governing Health podcast series.

The Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) sector is comprised of about 5,600 Medicare-certified centers nationwide. Overall, the sector is expected to continue modest volume and revenue...

Disruptive forces are shifting the appropriate focus of the corridor of control from financial health to the balancing of risk against the resources available to offset or carry risk.