The Keckley Report

As 2023 comes to an end and prognostics for 2024 pepper Inboxes, high anxiety is understandable. The near-term environment for hospitals, especially public hospitals and not-for-profit health systems, is tepid…

The U.S. health system has experienced three major shifts since the pandemic that set the stage for its future: From trust to distrust: Every poll has chronicled the decline in…

In the last 2 weeks, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has been inserted itself in Campaign 2024 by Republican aspirants for the White House: On Truth Social November 28, former…

On November 2-3 in Austin, I moderated the 4th Annual CSO Roundtable* in which Chief Strategy/Growth Officers from 12 mid-size and large multi-hospital systems participated. The discussion centered on the…

In The Keckley Poll conducted November 13-16, 2023 among 817 U.S. adults, 69% agreed that “the health system is fundamentally flawed and needs major change.” This view is held even…

In the 4Q 2023 Keckley Poll*, signals about the public’s perception of the U.S. health system are clear: The majority think the system is heading in the wrong direction and…

At the interim meeting of the American Medical Association House of Delegates Saturday in National Harbor, MD, President Jesse Ehrenfeld, MD, MPH, urged physicians to take action: “Medicine is not…

Does hospital ownership matter? According to a study published last week in Health Affairs Scholar, NOT MUCH. That’s a problem for not-for-profit hospitals who claim otherwise. 58% of U.S. hospitals…

Last week was notable for healthcare because current events thrust it into the limelight… Hospitals and emergency responders in Maine: Media attention to Gaza and the Speaker-less U.S. House of…

Last week, Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) released its Annual Employer Health Benefits Survey which included a surprise: The average annual single premium and the average annual family premium each increased…