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.

Change Healthcare is bringing some systems back online after its cyberattack, and Kroger is selling its specialty pharmacy business to Elevance.

Watch an engaging discussion with Moody’s, Fitch and S&P on their latest industry outlooks, rating activity through early 2024 and what this means for the sector.