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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,...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...