This week Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell affirmed that the wind down in Quantitative Easing will accelerate while introducing the potential for three 0.25% rate hikes during...

To mitigate the impact of labor shortages, health systems must ensure they can move nimbly in hiring qualified staff while doubling down on their employee retention strategies.

Kaufman Hall managing directors Courtney Midanek and Dawn Samaris discuss how health systems are trying to play a more holistic role in meeting behavioral health needs in their communities, and how a partnership strategy can help them achieve their goals.

Healthcare organizations have faced a set of historically intractable problems, some of which have become far more apparent and intense in the 20 months since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, including dealing with the fallout of a public health system.

In my conversations with senior executives at healthcare organizations around the country, I find that leaders have three critical topics on their minds: workforce, workforce, and...

We are heading into the holiday lull, but markets will continue to be buffeted by a host of competing events. Markets careen from one risk to another and key volatility indicators—like...

Sustaining Higher Ed is a monthly blog dedicated to helping college administrators and board trustees lead their organizations toward greater financial stability so they can stay on...

Hospital Margins Drop for a Second Month as Labor Expenses Climb U.S. hospitals and health systems were hit with a second consecutive month of margin declines in October as mounting...

The inflation debate—transitory or structural—continues, but so far it doesn’t seem to be having much of an impact on rates. Long rates have moved higher in 2021 but the current 30-year...

The well-worn phrase “culture eats strategy for breakfast” has new relevance in American business these days. Take the case of State Farm insurance. For almost ten years, Green Bay...

Today, American culture is changing so quickly and with such a high degree of nuance that it is increasingly difficult both to interpret and to navigate. However, navigating how those...

The Fed is predicting that inflationary pressures are transitory, but healthcare leaders face the business challenge of major expense inputs that have moved to new levels based on pressures that may have a relatively long tail.