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The 10 most popular expert insights from Advisory Board in 2025


What's now and what's next for VBC, identify your biggest opportunities for care variation reduction, how policy changes will impact your bottom line, and more make up our 10 most popular expert insights of 2025.

1. VBC in 2025: What's now and what's next

In 2024, we spoke with hundreds of healthcare leaders about value-based care (VBC). Learn about the six key shifts happening now — and what we're predicting for VBC this year.

2. Identify your biggest opportunities for care variation reduction

Our Care Variation Reduction Assessment tool equips your organization with actionable data to transform cost management and operational efficiency.

3. CMS is ending two primary care models early. Here’s what to do next.

CMS is ending two of its value-based primary care models earlier than planned. This leaves provider executives asking a major but fundamental question: Where do we go from here?

4. How policy changes will impact your bottom line

Health system finances are at risk of disruption in today's policy environment. Our scenario planning advice details a four-step approach to help leaders anticipate and adapt to regulatory changes.

5. One Big Beautiful Bill Act: Understanding the healthcare impacts

Unpack the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and its far-reaching effects on the healthcare industry, from significant reimbursement cuts to enrollment reductions across key healthcare programs.

6. New nurses say they're struggling. Here's how to help them.

High turnover among novice nurses is a clear sign that change is needed in the new graduate experience. By examining social media discussions of new graduates, we found their three main concerns. Learn how healthcare leaders can take actionable steps to address these areas and create a supportive environment for new nurses.

7. Inside CMS' proposed rule changes for 2026

Unpack proposed rule changes for 2026 — from site neutrality expansions to adjustments in reimbursement methodologies — and the potential impact on providers' revenue, margin, and compliance requirements.

8. Health systems must confront the eroding legacy hospital business model

The standard playbook for hospital profitability is no longer sufficient, as the industry faces converging challenges that threaten financial stability. From shifting volume and payer-mix, to weakening non-core revenue sources, hospitals must adapt to survive.

9. How federalism will shape health policy in 2025

As the health policy landscape in 2025 unfolds, federal power is limited and state policymakers are taking the lead, implementing transformative policies in the absence of federal action. Discover how this dynamic is shaping the healthcare operating environment and what it means for healthcare organizations navigating the regulatory landscape.

10. Congress is weighing spending cuts. How will they impact healthcare?

Congressional budget resolutions could cut billions from healthcare programs. Dive into the specifics of these cuts and their potential impact on Medicaid, Medicare, the ACA Marketplaces, and more.


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