Hantavirus outbreak tests U.S. preparedness, fair weather for major insurers, overdose deaths continue to fall but new threat emerging

Explore Kaufman Hall’s Gist Weekly for May 8, 2026, featuring expert insights on healthcare policy, hospital strategy, AI, M&A activity, workforce trends, and the latest industry developments.

CMS indefinitely suspends GLP-1 pilot, call for nominations for U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, UnitedHealth beats quarterly estimates.

This week’s Gist Weekly covers key healthcare industry developments including hospital financial performance trends, emerging care delivery strategies, and notable policy and regulatory updates shaping providers, payers, and the broader healthcare landscape.

Budget request includes healthcare cuts, stricter vetting slows physician pipeline, insurers reduce prior auths

CMS memo outlines expectations for hospital food and nutritional services, GLP-1 pill approved, new HHS/CMS advisory committee announced

Explore Kaufman Hall’s Gist Weekly for March 27, 2026—featuring expert analysis of the latest healthcare policy, business trends, and industry developments shaping leaders’ decisions.

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.

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

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

Read the Gist Weekly for February 27, 2026 — expert analysis on the latest healthcare trends, including measles outbreaks, major hospital strikes ending, Medicare trust fund projections, and industry policy shifts to help leaders stay informed.

Expanded pre-merger reporting rule struck, Amazon Pharmacy expands, younger adults are getting sicker