Analyzing and prioritizing service lines like a portfolio can support focused growth, even during a financial crisis. Cost cutting is critical but insufficient to ensure viability and success when the financial crisis faced by health systems is prolonged, as it has been in 2022. Health systems must also grow revenue. Tight budgets and limited access […]
Seventy percent of healthcare executives expect more mergers and acquisitions across healthcare sectors in 2022, a KPMG survey found, while 30 percent of healthcare investors plan to increase deal activity by 10 percent or more. For hospital and health system leaders, it’s a good time to consider: What’s your business case for M&A? We’ve seen […]
Amazon made a major move into healthcare in July when it announced plans to buy One Medical in a $3.9 billion deal. Suddenly, theoretical discussions about the future of healthcare—a future that could be dominated by tech giants such as Amazon, Google and Apple—came into sharp focus as the potential for Amazon to reinvent primary […]
A little over two years ago a mutual friend introduced me to Steven Summer. I didn’t know it at the time, but this fortuitous introduction very possibly changed my life. Dr. David Nash, an advisor of mine kindly offered, “Hey Jeff, there’s a friend by the name of Steve Summer that I’d like you to […]
iProtean, now part of Veralon was proud to host an interactive educational session on the Top 3 External Threats Facing Healthcare Today at the 2022 AzHHA Annual Leadership Conference in Tucson, Arizona. Our session facilitated rich discussion around the strategic threats to hospitals in the current environment, including the increasing roles of private equity, retail […]
This two-part series with Marian Jennings discusses the imperatives of forging effective community partnerships from both missional and financial perspectives. These partnerships can be challenging to create and even more difficult to maintain: this course will provide some “how to” approaches to guide your development efforts.
Host Ericka Adler, Roetzel shareholder and Health Law Practice Group Leader, is joined by fellow Roetzel shareholder David Hochman, and special guest Dan Grauman, Veralon Managing Director and CEO, to discuss evaluating and planning for healthcare practice mergers and acquisitions. Dan Grauman talks about the ongoing trends of consolidation he sees in healthcare, the important […]
One of the most important considerations in finalizing a healthcare merger is how well the consolidated entity will perform, financially, after the deal is complete. Many times, leaders get so caught up in the blocking-and-tackling of due diligence—a time-consuming exercise that protects their organization from material risk—that their ability to see past the point of […]
This three-part Quality Essentials series with Todd Sagin provides a framework for board members to understand their roles in quality and safety, dives into practical implications of quality metrics, and suggests actionable strategies for boards to improve quality in their organizations.
Hospitals across the nation are feeling the ripple effects of the pandemic and are concerned about financial viability. In this two-part series on financial turnaround, Jamie Orlikoff describes financial recovery strategies for struggling hospitals and reframes the board’s role in crisis to bolster the viability of their organizations.
