Healthcare leaders face mounting pressure to improve patient outcomes while navigating persistent margin compression. Workforce shortages, payer complexity and reimbursement challenges continue to erode financial performance, even for clinically strong organizations. At the same time, fragmented systems, siloed data and misaligned incentives limit efficiency, while patients increasingly delay care due to cost concerns.
Lasting financial improvement requires more than incremental fixes. Every part of the care journey — from clinical documentation to billing and payer strategy — is interconnected. Change one element in isolation, and unintended consequences follow. Sustainable results demand an enterprise-wide, data-driven approach that aligns clinical integrity, revenue cycle performance and managed care strategy.
Premier’s Financial Transformation Advisory partners work shoulder to shoulder with health systems to deliver structural change that endures. By combining trusted advisory relationships with advanced analytics, automation and AI, Premier helps organizations reduce friction, uncover hidden opportunities and strengthen accountability across the enterprise. National benchmarks and strategic collaboratives provide insights no single organization can access alone.
The result is measurable margin improvement, a clearer and more compassionate patient financial experience, and stronger payer relationships that support long-term growth. When financial transformation is built to last, health systems gain the confidence to reinvest in care, expand access and better serve their communities.
Because when health systems thrive, communities flourish.
After reading this content, readers will be able to:
Understand why incremental fixes fail and how enterprise-wide financial transformation delivers lasting results
Identify the three core pillars — clinical integrity, revenue cycle and payer strategy — that drive sustainable margin improvement
Recognize how data, automation and AI reduce friction across the patient financial journey
See how stronger clinical documentation improves both care quality and reimbursement accuracy
Learn how to elevate the patient financial experience while accelerating cash flow
Evaluate payer relationships using benchmarking and strategic insights to negotiate from a position of strength
Apply a system-wide mindset that aligns clinical, financial and operational teams around shared outcomes
