Execution, alignment and accountability define the next era of healthcare leadership
Hospitals and health systems are operating under extraordinary pressure. Leaders are managing cost, integrating AI, addressing workforce shortages and improving payer relationships, often all at once. The HFMA report the Healthcare C-suite of the Future highlights the fact that many executives feel underprepared for the pace of change, and that concern is understandable. The challenge…
Automation with integrity: The real work behind healthcare’s digital transformation
HFMA’s Healthcare C-suite of the Future report captures precisely where healthcare leadership must go, and it’s a direction we at Healthrise have been deeply invested in for years. The industry’s challenges are real: unsustainable costs, workforce strain and mounting pressures on ROI. Yet the transformation underway is also an extraordinary opportunity if leaders can align…
Nov. 17, 2025: The shutdown is over, plus Aetna’s update to a controversial payment policy
Nick Hut and Shawn Stack discuss the longest shutdown in American history, and what might come next. Then, they tackle Aetna’s latest policy update.
The Healthcare C-Suite of the Future: From AI to ROI–Emerging needs drive demand for new skillsets
Read this report on how healthcare C-suite leaders face growing pressures to adapt to rapid technological advancements and unsustainable costs. AI, innovation, and payer relations are key areas for focus.
Rural Health Transformation Program’s application deadline arrives, bringing states and hospitals a step closer to billions in funding dollars
In the final days before the application deadline for the $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP), states and hospitals were scrambling to present the relevant information to CMS in the best possible light. Nov. 5 is the deadline to for states to apply for a share of the $10 billion that will be made…
The shutdown continues, plus the latest on 340B
HFMA Senior Editor Nick Hut and HFMA Policy Director Shawn Stack discuss the latest in healthcare finance news.
Value-based care adoption grows, but challenges remain
In 2006, two renowned researchers introduced “The Value Equation” for healthcare: Value = Quality/Cost. It was the first step toward bringing the healthcare industry together in acknowledgingtwo of the industry’s ugly truths. Costs of care were outpacing the quality of carereceived, yet the healthcare system was built around a fee-for-service payment modelthat rewarded providers for…
Hospital merger tally increases as organizations come to grips with the policy environment
Hospital merger-and-acquisition (M&A) activity accelerated in Q3 2025, indicating that executive teams are getting a handle on the prospective impact of major healthcare policies. “Now that the One Big Beautiful Bill has passed, hospitals and health systems have more policy clarity to inform their growth strategies,” Anu Singh, managing director at Kaufman Hall, which published…
FastFinance: Good faith estimate rules coming
HFMA’s FastFinance newsletter is now a podcast. Host Rich Daly discusses the most current and relevant healthcare news, delivered in an easily digestible format. Congress is pressing CMS to release long-delayed rules that would implement requirements that providers create good faith estimates for their patients. Also, this week’s Weird Number: As of July, 96.5% of…
Rethinking the Agency Model: Building Hospital-Owned, AI-Supported Contracted Workforces
This white paper will help guide hospital leaders through the process of building their own efficient and inexpensive internal contracted workforce.