Ch. 06, Journal

Healthcare innovation news & insights.

Strategic insights, regulatory guidance, and field notes from inside the evolving healthcare landscape.

01 / 09
Value-Based Care
SeriesPart 4 of 4 · The Operational Reality of Value-Based Care

Why Most Healthcare Organizations Are Structurally Unprepared for Value-Based Care

Why most healthcare organizations struggle to turn strategy into performance.

Many organizations are executing value-based care using operating models built for fee-for-service. That structural mismatch is the least discussed barrier to success.

Kimberly Dygert
Jul 6, 2026
8 min read
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02 / 09
Value-Based Care
SeriesPart 3 of 4 · The Operational Reality of Value-Based Care

Why Analytics Alone Will Not Drive Value-Based Care Success

Why most healthcare organizations struggle to turn strategy into performance.

Healthcare has invested heavily in analytics. The issue is rarely identifying opportunities. It is operationalizing them consistently.

Kimberly Dygert
Jun 28, 2026
6 min read
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03 / 09
Value-Based Care
SeriesPart 2 of 4 · The Operational Reality of Value-Based Care

Attribution, Benchmarks, and Quality: Three Foundational Drivers of MSSP Performance

Why most healthcare organizations struggle to turn strategy into performance.

Attribution. Benchmarks. Quality. In MSSP, success is often oversimplified to a single idea: beat the benchmark. The bigger operational reality is more nuanced.

Kimberly Dygert
Jun 24, 2026
7 min read
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04 / 09
Value-Based Care
SeriesPart 1 of 4 · The Operational Reality of Value-Based Care

Why Most Organizations Misunderstand Value-Based Care Performance

Why most healthcare organizations struggle to turn strategy into performance.

Healthcare organizations are not struggling to understand value-based care. They are struggling to operationalize it.

Kimberly Dygert
Jun 21, 2026
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05 / 09
Compliance

Your Fax Machine Is a Compliance Clock. It's Already Ticking.

The CMS Administrative Simplification Final Rule just made May 26, 2028 one of the most consequential deadlines in revenue cycle history. Here's what most organizations are getting wrong about it.

Kristi Stovall
Jun 19, 2026
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06 / 09
Insights

Revenue Cycle Management for Startups: Building Scalable Billing from Day One

For early-stage healthcare ventures, a fragile revenue cycle is the silent killer of growth. Here's how to design billing and collections systems that scale as fast as your patient volume.

Kelly Goodfriend
Jun 18, 2026
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07 / 09
What We Do

Scaling Healthcare Innovation with Proven Leadership

Healthcare organizations don't struggle with ideas, they struggle with execution, alignment, and scale. Here's how Sunflower's fractional executives turn strategy into measurable outcomes.

Nicole Bradberry
Jun 4, 2026
5 min read
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08 / 09
Insights

Leveraging Price Transparency Data: A Game Changer for Healthcare Stakeholders

Price transparency in healthcare empowers stakeholders to optimize costs, enhance strategies, and drive value. Discover how Sunflower helps you put the data to work.

Maria Nikol
Aug 14, 2024
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09 / 09
Announcement

Sunflower Health Advisors: Guiding the Growth Path for Healthcare Startups

A new entity built to nourish and guide early-stage healthcare startups in their growth journey, bridging the gap from concept to sustainable success.

Kristi Stovall
Jan 16, 2024
4 min read
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