On this episode of Gist Healthcare Daily, we revisit host J. Carlisle Larsen’s conversation with Transcarent CEO Glen Tullman where they discussed the health system partnerships and the company’s direct contracting model.

The 20 transactions announced in Q1 2024 continued a steady climb out of the slowdown in activity experienced during the Covid pandemic, significantly exceeding the number of transactions announced in Q1 of 2021, 2022, and 2023.

In the current environment, it is extremely hard to build and retain effective professional teams. Striking the right balance between capability and compatibility is an essential task, dependent on the needs of a particular organization at a particular point in time.

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.

Kaiser Permanente’s Risant Health closes its Geisinger acquisition, and Optum plans to purchase Steward Health’s physician network.

Jennifer Wagner, Director of Medicaid Eligibility and Enrollment at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, joins the podcast to talk more about what we’ve seen over the last year and what it could mean for future Medicaid policies.

In recent years, many healthcare organizations have invested less effort in long-range financial planning to confront more immediate challenges to their margins and balance sheets.

The Change Healthcare cyberattack is a reminder of the need to prepare for future risk events. Organizations should ensure adequate and diverse liquidity sources and allocate certain assets in the investment portfolio to protect and preserve their core mission.

Given the uncertainties facing higher education today, it is critical to understand what is driving an institution’s financial success, and what is holding it back.

Hospital financials continue to reflect a strong start to 2024, though the aftermath of the Change Healthcare cyberattack and continued competition from industry disrupters may test financial performance in coming months.

Hospitals and health insurers were more compliant with price transparency laws and regulations in 2023, according to healthcare price data company Turquoise Health. Carol Skenes, Principal Strategist at Turquoise, joins the podcast to talk more about what this data means for consumers and the healthcare industry.

As interest around artificial intelligence’s potential builds, healthcare management teams must start grappling with questions on how this rapidly evolving technology might drive future organizational strategy. The path forward will require reading, learning, and experimentation.