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CFO
Infographic: 3 Lessons CFOs Will Learn From This Month’s Cover Story
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) is reshaping hospital economics ? here?s what CFOs must do to protect margins,...
CEO
How Highmark Health's Integration Is Testing Solutions for a Fragmented System
President and COO Karen Hanlon believes integration isn?t the endgame, but it offers a safer place to fix broken payer-provider...
Revenue Cycle
HL Shorts: How Health Systems Use Payer Scorecards
This chief revenue cycle officer explains how her teams uses detailed metrics to hold payers accountable during contract negotiations.
CEO
Contributed Content: Winning Through Independence—The Only Response to Medicare Uncertainty
The 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule rewards office-based care while squeezing hospital-centric models, spurring a structural strategic shift, argues this...
CEO
756 Rural Hospitals Nationwide at Risk of Closure
New analysis warns that inadequate reimbursement and flawed payment models are pushing hundreds of rural hospitals toward closure.
Revenue Cycle
Infographic: Top 10 Revenue Cycle Stories of 2025
From denials and payer plans for unilateral downcoding to 340B legal battles, the most-read stories of 2025 reveal a revenue...
CEO
Hospitals Grappled With Rising Costs, Workforce Strain, and Reimbursement Pressures in 2025
Kaufman Hall?s analysis spotlights the financial challenges that defined the year and the priorities shaping strategies for 2026.
CFO
How the OBBBA Will Shape Hospital Finance in 2026
Sweeping Medicaid changes under the OBBBA will reshape payer mix, compress margins, and force CFOs to rethink revenue, cost, and...
CFO
Infographic: 2026 OPPS Update: What CFOs Need to Know
A 2.6% OPPS increase arrives with new site-neutral cuts and policy shifts that could offset gains.
Innovation
Providers Get Good News on Hospital at Home, Telemedicine Prescription Waivers
A proposed five-year extension of the CMS Acute Hospital Care at Home (AHCaH) waiver has passed the House and is...
Innovation
Study: Virtual Care Visits Dropped During the Shutdown
The news comes as CMS reaffirms reimbursement during the shutdown and reverses a much-criticized policy on listing the provider's home...
Innovation
Infographic: CMS Moves the Needle Forward on RPM Reimbursement
With its final 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, the agency is making it a little easier for healthcare organizations to...