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Preparing for generations of Medicare growth
by Gist Healthcare, Sep 24, 2021
The healthcare industry is now at the peak of the long-awaited transition of the Baby Boom generation into Medicare. The “greying” of the Boomers will…
Developing an Effective Employee Value Proposition
Developing a compelling value proposition for employees
As we’ve been discussing, the COVID pandemic and ensuing economic environment have driven health system job vacancies and attrition rates to all-time highs. Right now, for myriad reasons, many hospital workers are…
More drugmakers limiting 304B contract pharmacy sales
This month, Bausch Health became the 18th pharmaceutical manufacturer to restrict 340B drug discounts to contract pharmacies. This is the latest development in a protracted saga involving health systems, pharmaceutical companies, and…
Current state of President Biden’s healthcare policy agenda
With a closely divided Congress, President Biden has leaned heavily on regulatory actions to advance his healthcare priorities. With the midterm elections fast approaching, the graphic below assesses the impact of…
Setting the post-COVID agenda for health systems
As the economic situation has worsened over the past few months, we’ve been working with several health systems to recalibrate strategy. For many, the anticipated “post-COVID recovery” period has turned…
Younger hospital nurses leaving the profession altogether
The prevailing opinion earlier this year was that the hospital registered nurse (RN) shortage was being driven by older nurses retiring early or leaving hospital employment for less-demanding care settings…
Hospitals face increasing competition for lower-wage workers
Although the nursing shortage has attracted much attention in recent months, the healthcare workforce crisis is hitting at all levels of the labor force. As the graphic below shows, the attrition rate for…
Anticipating the end of the public health emergency
The Biden administration recently signaled that it will extend the federal COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), which has been in place for nearly two-and-a-half years, beyond its current July 15 expiration date.…
How other industry players are expanding their healthcare platforms 
Last week, we introduced our framework for value delivery as a “healthcare platform”, in which an organization’s proximity to both the consumer and to the premium dollar determines how it…
Becoming a healthcare platform
As we’ve been discussing over the past few years, several environmental forces—shifting consumer behavior, evolving demographics, new technology, and a flood of new market entrants—are pushing health systems to adopt…
