Using the latest data forecast from Sg2, a Vizient company, the graphic below illustrates how the outpatient shift will continue to accelerate through 2034.

A judge orders a partial, preliminary injunction of the FTC’s noncompete ban, Sanford Health and Marshfield Clinic announce plans to combine, and CMS proposes a nearly 3% cut to Medicare physician pay for 2025.

Watch an engaging discussion with Moody’s, Fitch and S&P on their latest industry outlooks and hear top-of-mind topics including cyber preparedness, financial performance and capital spending as we head into the second half of the year, and contemporary strategies for long-term sustainability.

Evolving industry dynamics will prompt further consolidation among not-for-profit life plan communities, especially as organizations look to add scale to their platforms. This activity will have strategic implications for LPC organizations of all sizes.

Hospitals face enormously complex operational challenges every day. The advanced analytics used by large commercial businesses can offer solutions that improve revenue, lower expenses, and enhance patient outcomes.

Hospital financial performance remained relatively unchanged during the month of May, and the rate of change slowed for margins and other key performance indicators, which reflects stabilization.

M&A activity in Q2 2024 slowed from a very busy Q1, with 11 announced transactions. Several large transactions in the quarter, however, generated an average seller size by revenue that significantly exceeded year-end averages dating back to 2017.

SCOTUS dismisses the Idaho abortion law case, leaving the state’s emergency abortion ban paused, an appeals court mostly upholds the ACA preventive services mandate, and Cone Health plans to join Kaiser Permanente subsidiary Risant Health.

In late April, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) established new staffing standards for long-term care (LTC) facilities, mandating a minimum of 3.48 hours of nursing care per patient per day, with 33 minutes of that care from a registered nurse, at least one of whom must be always on site.