Finding Healthcare Finance Reality in a Cloud of Possibility
Integrated risk planning enables organizations to manage variability and to succeed under an ever-shifting cloud of possibility.
Improving Performance and Enhancing Innovation With Venture Investing: Perspectives From Leading Health Systems
Health system leaders describe their strategic approaches to venture investing and share the insights and perspectives that have informed those approaches.
The Impact of Tax Reform on Hospital Capital Financing
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act signed into law in December 2017 is expected to impact interest rates charged by banks to not-for-profit hospitals in direct placements and may steer some refundings to structures involving complex new risks.
The Increasing Importance of Strategic Capital Planning
Strategic capital planning can provide certainty amid a time of a large number of unknown external variables.
Terminating Swap Positions
Health system financial executives may want to consider whether they would terminate legacy swap positions in a higher rate environment.
Community Hospitals: Are Your Finances on Solid Ground?
John Johnston addresses the unique challenge of community hospitals in an environment of dwindling profit margins.
Health Insurance and Hospital System Financing at a Glance
Healthcare leaders should understand the fundamental differences between health insurers and hospital systems in terms of financing structures and key performance metrics.
How to Revisit Private Placement Debt
Hospitals should reassess the private placement debt they accrued in the recent constrained lending market to determine their best options now that the market has loosened.
Taxable Debt Offers Finance Flexibility
As healthcare delivery evolves beyond acute care, not-for-profit healthcare leaders are increasingly turning to the taxable debt market.
Treasury Functions for Strategic Value
Healthcare leaders can examine the treasury functions that are in play in their organizations and shore up the weak points.