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HFMA report: Healthcare C-suite executives feel underprepared for the future, especially when it comes to AI deployment
CHICAGO (Nov. 10, 2025) – In the current environment of unsustainable costs and rapid technological advancement, top U.S. health system leaders say old ways of doing business in healthcare are no longer viable, according to “The C-suite of the Future,” the latest report from the award-winning editorial team at the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA). …
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…
How specialty drugs are remaking healthcare and driving up costs
This article has been updated with news of additional policies announced by the Trump administration. Accelerating healthcare costs have less to do with traditional hospital and physician services than with surging drug spending, an industry expert says. “When we can’t really see any trends in healthcare utilization increasing, the only thing that consistently shows up…
FastFinance: One health system’s efficiency push
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. Federal funding cuts under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act are expected to bite in a couple years. But one health system is trying to jumpstart its efficiency efforts by pretending…
Planning for the One Big Beautiful Bill’s financial impacts on hospitals
In our conversations with hospital and health system leaders, the payment and regulatory implications of the healthcare provisions included in the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) are by far the most recurring and important topic of discussion. More specifically, the leaders we talk to are laser-focused on understanding how the future financial trajectory of their…
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…