We recently held our 11th CEO/Innovators Roundtable in Boston. This two-day gathering brought together some of the most dynamic minds in...

As health systems begin to explore opportunities to move into the realm of venture capital, they can benefit from the lessons learned...

The survival of CO-OPs in the health insurance marketplaces may depend on CMS’s willingness to make changes to its risk/premium...

The Medicare Advantage (MA) program offers the potential for substantial savings for health systems that are able to attract sicker...

Integrating patient care principles into core values can boost performance New physician integration models give health system boards and...

With the transition to fee for value accelerating in healthcare markets across the nation, the time is at hand for providers to develop...

How to Know if it is Time to Partner and Issues to Consider in the Partnership Process The prospect and fear of disruption in healthcare...

Multiple studies have demonstrated healthcare consumers are increasingly making their ambulatory care decisions on the basis of speed,...

This past June, leaders from health systems, outpatient services companies, health insurers, IT and equipment suppliers, health...

Deciding to Build, Buy, or Partner to Go to Market Many U.S. health systems have now become convinced that there are significant...

Although the number of acute care hospital mergers declined from 94 transactions in 2012 to 79 in 2014, the development of new regional...

The new reality of consumer-driven health care is prompting hospitals to make substantive changes to their marketing and contracting...

The changing healthcare environment offers strategic advantages to provider systems that own health plans, but such integration requires...

The new year is well underway now, and the Medicaid program is embarking on an expansion that should bring it to the forefront of many...

The health care industry is becoming a “retail” industry with individual customers shopping for individual products and services based on...

The transition of the healthcare market from the volume-based payment of the past half-century (where we always got paid to do more: more...

6 steps to transition your organization to a performance-based physician compensation model Since the passage of the Patient Protection...

At a Glance The transition for hospitals from having a purely provider perspective to thinking more like a health plan will require...

PCMHs and Medical Neighborhoods Provide a Pathway to Clinically Integrated Physician Networks and Accountable Care Organizations In...

Healthcare reimbursement is rapidly evolving from primarily fee-for-service to value-based, risk sharing accountable care contracts....