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Strategic and financial planning for the future: What boards must demand from management

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

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National Hospital Flash Report: September 2025 Data

Hospital operating margins remain stable, but data shows a widespread gap in performance. Patient volumes increased this month in both emergency and inpatient care, while drug expenses continue to rise.

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New AHA data quantify hospitals’ benefit to communities

Tax-exempt hospitals provided nearly $150 billion in total community benefits in 2022, marking a nearly 50% increase from 2017, according to new data from the American Hospital Association.

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Nightmare on expense street: The horrors of non-clinical expenses

When health systems lack strong governance, tremble at the thought of change or fail to move in unison across their hospitals, progress decays and the cobwebs of inefficiency spread.

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The OBBB’s Medicaid work requirements and the hidden risks for hospitals

The One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB), passed this summer, contains a provision of great consequence for hospitals: Medicaid work requirements.

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Aligning quality and finance for strategic advantage

Fluency across clinical and financial perspectives is redefining leadership in healthcare

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At the pace of trust—integration at every stage

Integration is about more than structure or ownership; it is a process that develops connective tissue among an organization’s disparate parts to unlock the full potential of an integrated system.

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National Hospital Flash Report: August 2025 Data

Hospital performance is challenged by a decline in patient volumes and operating margins, increases in uncompensated care, and rising expenses, notably non-labor costs.

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Most U.S. adults want extension of ACA tax credits

As Congress debates extending the enhanced advanced premium tax credits as part of broader spending bill negotiations, a new KFF poll shows overwhelming bipartisan support for keeping...

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Planning for the One Big Beautiful Bill’s financial impacts on hospitals

Healthcare leaders are laser-focused on understanding how the future financial trajectory of their organizations might take shape post-OBBB—and what they can do to guide their organizations to long-term sustainability.

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Hospital performance stable, but tenuous

Hospital financial and operational performance is generally stable but could be threatened by growth in the cost of expenses outpacing growth in revenues, according to the most recent National Hospital Flash Report from Kaufman Hall, a Vizient company.

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National Hospital Flash Report: July 2025 Data

Hospital performance is generally stable but has softened in recent months. Expense growth is outpacing revenue growth—as non-labor expenses in particular continue to put pressure on hospitals.

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