hospital margins

Looking Ahead to Health Care in 2025

How will hospitals fare in 2025? With a new president and new majority in the House, change could be coming in the health care world, especially for hospitals. In a wide-ranging overview at the possible changes to come, Fierce Healthcare looks at several important measures of hospital finances, including margins, changes in payer mix, outpatient volume and revenue, discharges, credit ratings, labor costs, and supply and drug costs. It also considers potential policy changes, including changes in health care premium subsidies, future Medicare rate changes, the federal government’s potential role in health insurers’ denials of care, and the need for [...]

Hospitals Show Mixed Results on Investments

Some hospitals are doing much better than others with their investments. According to a new report, several large health systems have recently reported major losses with their investments. On the other hand, a report late last year found that roughly half of hospitals’ net margins over the past two years has come from investment income. Learn more from the Becker’s Hospital Review article “Investment income made up almost 50% of hospitals' net margin in past 2 years.”