3 things hospitals can do to prepare for debt ceiling negotiations
Authored by: Ryan Colaianni and Evan Harris The debt ceiling negotiations have major implications for healthcare. Here are three things that hospitals can do to prepare themselves. After a rocky financial…
5 steps to take before your hospital merges
When it comes to navigating one of the worst financial landscapes for hospitals in modern history, many health systems are turning to mergers and acquisitions to achieve stability. In the…
Healthcare Value Crisis Redux
We first identified the trend in 2018: A noticeable jump in scrutiny of hospitals and health systems related to their role in the growing cost of healthcare in the U.S….
Statistics may be pliable, but the truth (about hospitals) matters
By Nate Kaufman (Principal, Kaufman Strategic Advisors and Matterhorn Investment Bankers) and Revive We all know the saying, “the road to hell is paved with good intentions.” Well, the recent…
Addressing health equity starts with trust
Whenever I hear the term “dystopia” I’m immediately transported back to the 90s and a little-known cult classic film named “Tank Girl,” starring Lori Petty, Naomi Watts, Ice-T, and the…
There’s no denying it, things are pretty bad (for hospitals)
Things are rarely as good or bad as they seem in the moment. I have long believed this to be true, and then I heard it said by one of…
We love the Wall Street Journal. How did they get the story so wrong?
Earlier this month, the Wall Street Journal did its first article about the state of relations between payors and providers in quite some time. I have spent the last several weeks wondering…
Payor – Provider Contracts: Where Do We Go From Here?
There is an expression that is said to be a translation of a traditional Chinese curse: “may you live in interesting times.” Well, I think we are definitely living in interesting times…
When one pandemic winds down, another picks up steam
Hospitals across the country are starting to deal with a new pandemic – violence against healthcare workers. Recently hospitals have had to go into lockdown and healthcare workers – celebrated and deemed…
Is the Copernican Consumer too good to be true?
After 27 years in the healthcare industry, I’ve developed some specific ideas about consumer engagement in healthcare – particularly personal health engagement. We have seen amazing advancements over the last…
The Copernican Consumer
I’m a bit of a health sensor nerd. Though I already own an Apple Watch, Amazon’s Halo band, and a Withings scale, I recently purchased an Oura Ring. Just thinking…
The future is what you make it
When we set out to explore the next decade for our newly released book, Joe Public 2030, we intentionally wiped our mental slates clean of any agenda or preconceived vision…
