Careful planning can help hospitals turn the challenge of affiliating with another organization into an opportunity.

In a new Industry Flash Report, Kaufman Hall reviews recent partnership activity in the sector and the key factors and players involved.

Partnerships are accelerating as participants in healthcare reposition themselves for a value-based, population health-focused delivery system. Developed for hospitals, health systems...

A patient's conversation with a hospital executive shows the remarkable power of listening to patients.

Population Health Management goals for patient populations include better health and better care, lower costs and improved access and outcomes. Read this article for a proposed leadership mindset that focuses on four imperatives to spur progress toward meeting these goals.

This article outlines ten questions board members should ask and answer to help accelerate their organizations progress toward achieving a high-performance partnership integration.

Pricing trends may be putting some key services provided by children's hospitals at risk, suggest the findings of a Kaufman Hall survey of more than 1,100 commercially insured families across the country.

Effective post-merger integration requires a rigorous and systematic approach involving four key stages.

Pre-merger partnership planning offers a value-add, whether the organization is an acquirer, acquiree, equal partner, or joint-venture affiliate. Additionally, the process of defining a...

Consistent membership and premium growth by U.S. payer markets is expected to continue, according to new Kaufman Hall research. Premiums for the U.S. managed care market were estimated...

The ability to create and grow ecosystems is a fundamental principle for success in the internet economy. The imperative to create an immersive ecosystem, where the consumer can interact independent of location or a particular device, has made the line between digital and physical environments increasingly irrelevant.

It is tempting to disparage Blockbuster, Borders, and other companies that have suffered highly public business disruption at the hands of the internet economy. From the comfortable...