Search Sort by Newest to OldestOldest to NewestRelevanceA-ZZ-A Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 … Next page › Last page Last Gist Weekly: May 17, 2024 Two Pennsylvania-based health systems sign a definitive merger agreement, and Ascension is hit by a ransomware attack. Blog Gist Weekly: May 10, 2024 Steward Health Care files for bankruptcy and plans to sell its hospitals, and Florida sues the Biden administration over a new healthcare anti-discrimination rule. Blog Gist Weekly: May 3, 2024 Walmart shutters its clinics and virtual care offerings, and UnitedHealth Group's CEO answers to Congress after the Change cyberattack. Blog Gist Weekly: April 26, 2024 The FTC votes to ban employee noncompete clauses, and CMS imposes nursing home staffing minimums. Blog Gist Weekly: April 19, 2024 Congress begins its public inquiry into Change’s cybersecurity breach, and Elevance announces a new primary care platform company. Blog Gist Weekly: April 12, 2024 The AMA releases survey data on the impacts of the Change cyberattack on physician practices, and VillageMD appoints a new president. Blog Days Cash on Hand Does Not Tell the Full Liquidity Story While days cash on hand is a pillar liquidity ratio for healthcare, liquidity is an equally important concept. There is a difference between wealth and liquidity, and recent events have demonstrated the growing importance of the latter. Blog Gist Weekly: April 5, 2024 Kaiser Permanente’s Risant Health closes its Geisinger acquisition, and Optum plans to purchase Steward Health’s physician network. Blog Gist Weekly: March 22, 2024 Change Healthcare is bringing some systems back online after its cyberattack, and Kroger is selling its specialty pharmacy business to Elevance. Blog ICHRA: The Great Bifurcation of the Employer’s Role in Health Insurance U.S. employers have played a dual role in the health insurance of their employees – both paying for their health insurance coverage and choosing their health insurance options. These two roles have been tied at the hip, but now, ICHRA (individual coverage Health Reimbursement Arrangement) products offer an opportunity to bifurcate that role. Blog Rating Agency Upgrade an Downgrade Decisions Upgrades and downgrades reflect the realities of what ratings are intended to do, which is to reflect the rating agency’s best assessment of an organization’s performance for investors. Upgrades must be earned and downgrades may happen quickly, but affirmations are most typical. Blog Gist Weekly: March 15, 2024 Biden’s proposed budget targets prescription drug costs, and weight-loss drug Wegovy receives FDA approval to treat cardiovascular disease. Blog Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 … Next page › Last page Last
Gist Weekly: May 17, 2024 Two Pennsylvania-based health systems sign a definitive merger agreement, and Ascension is hit by a ransomware attack. Blog
Gist Weekly: May 10, 2024 Steward Health Care files for bankruptcy and plans to sell its hospitals, and Florida sues the Biden administration over a new healthcare anti-discrimination rule. Blog
Gist Weekly: May 3, 2024 Walmart shutters its clinics and virtual care offerings, and UnitedHealth Group's CEO answers to Congress after the Change cyberattack. Blog
Gist Weekly: April 26, 2024 The FTC votes to ban employee noncompete clauses, and CMS imposes nursing home staffing minimums. Blog
Gist Weekly: April 19, 2024 Congress begins its public inquiry into Change’s cybersecurity breach, and Elevance announces a new primary care platform company. Blog
Gist Weekly: April 12, 2024 The AMA releases survey data on the impacts of the Change cyberattack on physician practices, and VillageMD appoints a new president. Blog
Days Cash on Hand Does Not Tell the Full Liquidity Story While days cash on hand is a pillar liquidity ratio for healthcare, liquidity is an equally important concept. There is a difference between wealth and liquidity, and recent events have demonstrated the growing importance of the latter. Blog
Gist Weekly: April 5, 2024 Kaiser Permanente’s Risant Health closes its Geisinger acquisition, and Optum plans to purchase Steward Health’s physician network. Blog
Gist Weekly: March 22, 2024 Change Healthcare is bringing some systems back online after its cyberattack, and Kroger is selling its specialty pharmacy business to Elevance. Blog
ICHRA: The Great Bifurcation of the Employer’s Role in Health Insurance U.S. employers have played a dual role in the health insurance of their employees – both paying for their health insurance coverage and choosing their health insurance options. These two roles have been tied at the hip, but now, ICHRA (individual coverage Health Reimbursement Arrangement) products offer an opportunity to bifurcate that role. Blog
Rating Agency Upgrade an Downgrade Decisions Upgrades and downgrades reflect the realities of what ratings are intended to do, which is to reflect the rating agency’s best assessment of an organization’s performance for investors. Upgrades must be earned and downgrades may happen quickly, but affirmations are most typical. Blog
Gist Weekly: March 15, 2024 Biden’s proposed budget targets prescription drug costs, and weight-loss drug Wegovy receives FDA approval to treat cardiovascular disease. Blog