As we contemplate the number of known and unknown challenges facing health systems today, it’s never been more important to reflect on...

Rationales In order to deliver comprehensive and high quality care, health systems need to serve consumers with the right services, in...

It's time to rethink how Value-Based Care (VBC) can achieve lower costs, higher quality, and better outcomes in a sustainable way....

Now that major impacts from the COVID pandemic on the practice of medicine are largely past, now is a good time to conduct a...

Rural America faces a healthcare crisis that is both severe and escalating. Accounting for 46 million people¹—or about 14% of the U.S....

Enthusiasm for value-based contracting has waned due to failures to achieve financial results. Either total cost of care and clinical...

In recent years, the American healthcare ecosystem has been experiencing a profound transformation driven by the rise of healthcare...

At their graduation, how many medical students look forward to working for Optum, CVS, Walgreens or private equity? Would we ever have...

Over the past four years, health systems have resourcefully responded to COVID-19 and the subsequent changes in cost structure due to...

A Primary Care Strategy is Essential for Growth! Academic Health Systems (AHSs) have historically placed less emphasis on primary care....

The healthcare industry is undergoing seismic shifts as health systems transition from traditional hospital-based care models to...

In recent years, health systems and hospitals have been white hot regarding M&A activity for organizations of all sizes. In particular,...

Social and economic factors, such as a person’s financial stability, the home and neighborhood they live in, their access to quality...

In a familiar cycle, we find ourselves in a time of shrinking health system margins and a resultant focus on cost reduction across the...

COVID-19 continues to severely effect consumers, physicians and health systems, and the end of its profound impact is not clearly in...

You have a Population Health Strategy, but how well is it working? Here are 5 signs that it’s time to reassess your approach. BDC...

Healthcare reform moves to the states: Strategies to increase access and control costs Pam Nicholson and Steve Weylandt An increasing...

8 hallmarks of a successful healthcare venture capital program Developing innovative venture capital projects is rapidly becoming an...

In this BDC Working Paper, Dave Anderson, PhD highlights the challenges hospitals face in a consumer-driven ambulatory care market. He...

High-performing contracting teams share attributes that enable them to develop and maintain strong payer relationships and contract ...