The physician employment model is clearly broken and in need of a near-term fix. The critical question for health system leaders is how to reconsider physician employment within the hospital operating plan.

The many operational and financial headwinds that are buffeting health systems should prompt leadership teams to revisit the strategic direction, goals, and performance of their service...

Faculty practice plans are complex entities; the addition of a community physician group adds to that complexity. The question for academic health system leadership is whether and when to combine the faculty and community physicians into a single entity.

America's providers are more productive and seeing more patients than ever—particularly in primary care settings—resulting in an increase in revenue in the last quarter of 2022. However, increased expenses outweighed improved revenue.

Health systems and physician practices—both independent and employed—could benefit from taking a fresh look at their affiliation options. Many health systems, responding in part to a...

In a roundtable discussion, Kaufman Hall Managing Directors Matthew Bates and Nora Kelly and Senior Vice President Max Timm discuss the rise of risk-based contracting in value-based healthcare arrangements, what providers and insurers need to watch out for, and what success in risk-based contracting will look like.

Physician practices continued a trend of increased productivity in the third quarter of 2022. However, despite higher volumes and increased productivity, investments/subsidies increased...

Using technology to transform quality, costs, and the patient experience A healthcare organization’s ability to sustain high-value care delivery and ensure its long-term financial...