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Health systems face a pivotal strategic choice. Inpatient capacity is constrained, reimbursement pressure is intensifying, and leaders must manage rising acuity and shifting care patterns without eroding margin or fragmenting care delivery. Home health is no longer peripheral. It is fast becoming a central lever for operational stability and competitive positioning. Of post-acute volumes in 2025, ...

Policy-driven Medicaid eligibility changes and expiring Health Insurance Marketplace subsidies are expected to increase the number of uninsured by ~10 million by 2034*. While commercial enrollment remains relatively stable, the continued shift toward high-deductible plans will expand the underinsured population. Together, these dynamics signal fewer covered lives, constrained demand for health ca...

Health system leaders are being asked to deliver growth, improve access and protect margins in an environment defined by payment reform and site-of-care disruption. Enterprise strategies are increasingly sophisticated, yet many organizations still struggle to translate strategic intent into measurable performance at the front line. The gap is rarely about vision; it is about alignment. Service lin...

Despite quality long being considered table stakes for health systems, data consistently show varied performance across markets, care settings and even within systems. Those that align their quality initiatives to financial and strategic goals can differentiate themselves on performance. Sg2 research has found quality-leading organizations typically have better financial performance...

Health system leaders are facing a new kind of coverage risk. Insurance instability is no longer a background variable in planning—it is a defining feature of the operating environment. Policy changes, rising costs and benefit redesign are reshaping who is insured, how well they are insured and how reliably coverage supports comprehensive care. The result is a growing uncertainty for access,...

As 2026 begins, health system leaders face no shortage of headwinds—margin pressure, volatile payer dynamics and persistent regulatory whiplash. Yet focusing exclusively on constraints obscures a more important truth: across the industry, meaningful momentum is building. Over the past year, progressive organizations have demonstrated that bold, system-wide transformation is not only possible...

  Diane Maas is the chief strategy and digital transformation officer of Beacon Health System, based in South Bend, Indiana. Q: Let’s start by learning more about you—what’s your background and what brought you to your current role at Beacon Health? I wrote my thesis in college on the HMO industry, which led to my first job in health care, working for Blue Cross Blue Shi...

Editor's note: Hannah Murphy, Lead, Analytics & Insights also contributed to this blog post. Welcome to the Pediatric Research at Vizient blog series. This series highlights some of our latest findings in pediatric medicine and incorporates analysis leveraging the Vizient® Clinical Data Base to support our pediatric research efforts. Access the first blog in the series here. In this s...

Health care leaders face unprecedented complexity—massive data volumes, disruptive innovation and rapid policy shifts. To stay ahead, executives need more than historical analytics; they need foresight grounded in evidence and expert interpretation. That’s where Sg2’s Impact of Change forecast stands apart. At Vizient, Sg2’s dedicated research team annually synthesizes prop...

Conversations with health care industry partners increasingly focus on how they can better engage their customers. It isn’t enough to just speak to current trends; the key to standing out with providers is offering unique, data-backed insights aligned to their priorities. Deeper relationships require deeper commitment. Margins are tight, resources stretched and capacity constrained. Health ...