Supply Chain Shortages Impact Patient Care and Provider Workflows
Supply chain shortages are compromising patient care and increasing administrative burden in every sector of healthcare, an ECRI survey revealed. The survey reflected responses from 200 healthcare...Hospitals See Financial Relief as Revenues Increase, Margins Stabilize
Hospitals are seeing some financial relief as revenue increases offset rising expenses and operating margins stabilize, a Kaufman Hall report revealed. The latest edition of Kaufman Hall’s...Hospital Finances Stabilize After 6 Months of Positive Margins
Hospital finances seem to be stabilizing after years of historic losses and uncertainty. Median hospital operating margins increased to 1.4 percent in August, according to the latest hospital...As Hospitals Consolidate, Medicaid Patients Have Fewer Options
Access to care for Medicaid patients declines as hospital markets become more concentrated following mergers and acquisitions, a new research brief from the National Institute for Health Care...Healthcare CFOs Concerned About Economy, Regulations
The volatile economic environment is keeping healthcare CFOs up at night, suggests a new survey from the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions. The survey of more than 60 finance leaders of US health...Hospital Financial Performance Continued Downward Trend in July
Hospital financial performance worsened in July 2023, with patient volumes, revenue, and operating margins falling, data from Kaufman Hall revealed. The most recent edition of the National Hospital...Private Equity Acquisitions Come with Growing Antitrust Concerns
In some instances, private equity acquisitions have pro-competitive benefits for physician practices, Diane Hazel, partner at Foley & Lardner, told RevCycleIntelligence. Private equity firms can help practices consolidate operations,...Sponsored by Greenway Health
