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

Learn why healthcare strategic partnerships falter and how to improve outcomes with credible business cases, aligned incentives, durable structures, rigorous due diligence, and simpler, effective agreements from real-world deal insights.

Jobs report shows that healthcare powers the economy, ACO adoption continues to climb, cyberattacks at five-year high

Prior authorizations, concerns about the cost of coverage

Nurse managers sit at the center of workforce stability, care quality and financial performance. As burnout and turnover threaten health systems, supporting nurse managers has become a critical executive strategy for sustaining performance and growth.

2027 MA rate proposal, rural health funding update, and Joint Commission and NQF streamline safety reporting

Drug overdoses decline, new bipartisan healthcare agreement reached

ACA marketplace enrollment drops, the largest nursing strike in New York City history, AI for healthcare

In 2025, many health system leaders renewed an enterprise-wide strategy while navigating major uncertainties. They evaluated growth, advanced ambulatory and service line efforts, and balanced performance, growth, and transformation. In 2026, health systems will need to clearly define how they’ll transform to fulfill their missions and better serve patients.

Hospitals are getting squeezed from all sides, so winning will come down to nailing the basics—tight operations and finances, great quality, a workable payer mix, steadily better clinical talent, and a patient experience that’s easy and welcoming—with strong board and leadership teamwork to pull it all off.

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.

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