The Medicare Advantage market is entering a new phase defined by slower growth, financial retrenchment, and heightened operational discipline. We discuss key takeaways for providers.
More than 40% of rural hospitals are operating in the red, with 417 vulnerable to closure and hundreds more discontinuing critical services. Several considerations are critical to strategic planning.
A $2B+ rural health system facing steep financial decline urgently needed to stabilize performance and plan for long-term transformation to ensure access and ongoing sustainability.
Reimagining primary care delivery is essential to improving access and health outcomes. Health systems will also need to pair it with better geographic distribution of the physician workforce.
We discuss how health systems will create the greatest sustainable impact by driving transformation from the inside out, using a technology-powered and human-elevated approach.
2025 demonstrated the continued interplay of dynamics reshaping healthcare, from tech to workforce. Health systems face questions about how they focus, invest, and engage their communities in 2026.
The specialty pharmacy landscape is evolving fast—rising costs, payer requirements, 340B limits, and accreditation pressures mean health system strategies must also adapt.
As insurance grows increasingly expensive, health systems and health plans will need to prepare for more workers opting out of coverage, delaying care, and presenting with more acute needs.