Q3 2025 earnings recap: higher revenue, elevated costs, and payors prepping to pivot
The Q3 2025 payor earnings report confirms managed care’s core economics are shifting, and not in payors’ preferred direction. Here’s what you need to know.
Rethinking revenue: why health systems need a bigger pie, not just a better slice
Sustainable growth requires more from your health system revenue strategy than collecting what’s owed. It requires intentionally designing for growth.
More than halfway through 2025, how good were our predictions?
At the beginning of the year we published our predictions for the six high-impact managed care trends to watch. Here’s how our predictions have held up.
Months later: Have health insurers delivered on their prior auth promises?
Health insurance companies pledge prior authorization reform, yet providers face ongoing delays and distrust, highlighting the gap between promises and reality.
Learn from North Carolina’s model before other states follow suit
North Carolina “no cost” surgical benefit is rolling out this fall. Here’s what providers in and out of North Carolina need to know.
The Pivot: The (im)perfect storm hospitals face in 2026 and 2027
In the next 18-24 months, headwinds facing healthcare providers will become a full-blown hurricane.
Unlock CEO, Brandon Edwards, explores factors that must be addressed as providers prepare to weather the coming storm.
What the heck is going on with the increased Medical Loss Ration and the health insurance business?
Facing increased medical loss ratios, there’s only one place for payor to go to regain control: providers. What you need to know to prepare for what’s ahead.
What does Authentic Healthcare Marketing mean in the context of payor/provider issues?
As payor/provider disputes become public, committing to an authentic comms strategy rooted in your brand’s mission and values can help maintain public trust.
Q2 2025 payor earnings take-aways: the managed care mirage gets murkier
Managed care model hitting the wall it built for itself, slow-pay and no-pay tactics, and other key take-aways from the Q2 2025 payor earnings report. Here’s what you need to know.