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Aligning the right model and the right measurements with the right compensation.

This week’s graphic features data from a new report from KFF highlighting how little competition there is in most markets for Medicare Advantage.

A better credit outlook for hospitals, AI takes center stage, staffing troubles at VA hospitals

Sustained momentum in lab transactions is being driven by national lab operators’ desire to build scale and health systems’ recognition that divestiture of their lab business could free up capital to fund other core operations. This article provides key considerations in evaluating a potential lab transaction.

Kaufman Hall’s 2025 Summer Rating Agency Update offered an early look at how the newly enacted One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) could reshape hospital credit profiles.

Net patient revenue per provider increased overall, and physician productivity continues to rise.

Hospital revenue on a volume adjusted basis increased. However, bad debt rose in June compared to May, outpacing the growth rate of previous months.

This week, we hear the conclusion of host J. Carlisle Larsen’s conversation with CHAI CEO Brian Anderson, M.D., about his organization’s work with the Joint Commission to establish best practices for the use of AI tools within healthcare.

HHS cancels mRNA contracts, insurance troubles create an opening for IDNs, Gates Foundation announces major women’s health initiative.

This week’s graphic features data from Vizient’s Summer 2025 Spend Management Outlook, which provides a forward-looking analysis of product cost inflation for the 2026 calendar year.

With its acquisition of AMSURG, a national ambulatory chain, Ascension is changing the playbook for not-for-profit business model transformation. The acquisition raises important questions: How do we expect the game to be played moving forward, and how do we want to participate?

On this episode of the Gist Healthcare Podcast, host J. Carlisle Larsen is joined by CHAI CEO Brian Anderson, MD, about the partnership and themes that are already emerging from these early conversations.