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Pharmacy
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Gist Weekly: July 26, 2024

The House Oversight Committee criticizes PBM pricing tactics, Humana’s CenterWell plans to open primary care centers at Walmarts, and a federal judge upholds the FTC’s noncompete rule, diverging from... read more

Data & analytics
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Profitable growth
A New and Necessary Level of Operational Effectiveness

Hospitals face enormously complex operational challenges every day. The advanced analytics used by large commercial businesses can offer solutions that improve revenue, lower expenses, and enhance pa... read more

Pharmacy
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Gist Weekly: June 14, 2024

An FDA advisory committee recommends approval of Eli Lilly’s Alzheimer’s drug, the Biden administration proposes banning medical debt from credit reports, and Elevance becomes the second insurer to w... read more

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Pharmacy
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Gist Weekly: June 7, 2024

Portland, OR-based health systems OHSU and Legacy sign a definitive merger agreement, Dollar General ends its mobile health clinic pilot, and a House subcommittee focuses on the need for 340B transpa... read more

Financial sustainability
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Steward Files for Bankruptcy and It Feels All Too Familiar

Steward Health Care’s recent Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing is one of the largest health system bankruptcies in recent memory. Although Steward is a for-profit system, there are important lessons that ... read more

Profitable growth
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Walmart’s Primary Care Failure Is Important and a Problem

Walmart’s failure as a healthcare provider points to some big problems in U.S. healthcare, including a difficult business model, an unfriendly reimbursement model, and a basic healthcare expense-to-r... read more

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Profitable growth
A Different Way of Thinking About Hospital Closures

The many forces driving some hospitals to financial distress make it impossible to maintain the status quo. Leaders can move beyond a binary close-or-don’t-close decision to reconsider what it means ... read more

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Financial sustainability
Quality & clinical operations
Profitable growth
The Importance of No-Regrets Strategies

With hundreds of competing priorities, hospital executive teams must focus on something they that they know they can spend time on and get real results from. An intense focus on improving length of s... read more

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Profitable growth
Literature and Leadership

The moral issues coming at executives today are increasing exponentially in complexity, frequency, and intensity. Literature can help cultivate a practice of judicious thought that is as sophisticate... read more

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Profitable growth
How Intense Should a Leader Be?

Intense coaching styles were on display in the NCAA Division I basketball championships. While this intensity may not translate fully to complex corporate environments, can truly important results be... read more