The U.S. healthcare system and its key stakeholders need to shift their orientation to focus on Achieving Health. For healthcare organizations, this means developing strategic agility, operational efficiency, clinical quality, and healthy margins, allowing them to grow, thrive, and support a vibrant, person-centered health delivery system in every community.
Based on decades of experience supporting healthcare providers and payors in their missions and goals, our point of view explores challenges of the current healthcare system, collaborative efforts required from stakeholders across the industry to Achieve Health, and core capabilities healthcare organizations need to navigate the dynamic healthcare environment.
Five Core Capabilities to Achieve Health
Today’s healthcare organizations must continually focus on five key areas to Achieve Health internally and for the individuals and communities they serve.
Aligned Growth
Pursuing strategic investments, integration activity, and partnerships across the healthcare value chain.
60% of provider executives believe their organization will achieve growth targets over the next two years primarily through organic growth.1
Financial Discipline
Generating the margins necessary to thrive by securing and maintaining market relevance.
52% of provider executives expect their organization’s financial performance to improve over the next two years.1
Regulatory Excellence
Understanding the rapidly evolving regulatory environment and acting strategically within it.
85% of health plan executives say regulatory pressures impact their costs and margins.2
Strategic Agility
Calibrating strategic direction as conditions demand and opportunities present.
36% of provider executives report achieving less than half of their latest strategic plan’s stated objectives.1
Talent Optimization
Building exceptional teams and equipping them to succeed in executing mission-aligned business and care delivery models.
60% of provider executives cite talent and workforce challenges as one of the most concerning market dynamics for their organization.1
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- 1 “Mindsets 2026 Healthcare Executive Leadership Report,” Forvis Mazars, 2026.
- 2 “HealthEdge® Annual Payer Report,” healthedge.com, 2026.