The challenges that hospitals and health systems currently face are amplifying this complexity, from uncertainty about potential changes to federal healthcare policy—including Medicaid and NIH funding cuts and tariffs—inflation, and ongoing workforce challenges.

House passes Medicaid cuts, FDA changes Covid booster approval guidance, former President Biden diagnosed with prostate cancer.

Trump administration releases 2026 budget, President Trump to boost domestic pharmaceutical manufacturing, Rite Aid declares bankruptcy again.

Why are hospitals unable to efficiently fill their appointment slots, even in the face of very significant demand? Lessons from the airlines on how they fill seats can help provide solutions to this problem.

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

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.

In conversations with hospital boards and C-suite leaders, a question frequently raised is: “Given such difficult operating circumstances, why are some hospitals successfully managing through – and others are not?”

Assessing the future of healthcare price transparency requires taking a couple of steps back to review its recent history.

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.

More management time must be focused on creating a world-class appointment system at all levels of the delivery system. Moving management of your overall appointment process up your priority list will pay material dividends.

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