hospital margins

Hospitals End 2024 in Encouraging Financial Position

Hospitals finished 2024 in generally good financial condition, according to a new report. Hospital net revenue rose six percent in 2024 and outpatient revenue was up 10 percent, according to the report. With expenses rising but at a rate lower than inflation, hospitals ended 2024 with average operating margins of 7.6 percent – their highest rate for the year. At the same time, however, bad debt and charity care increased, most likely because of the contraction of Medicaid eligibility following the end of pandemic-related eligibility expansion and the continued trend of insurers denying care.  Thus, while the short-term financial outlook [...]

2025-02-04T15:13:21-05:00February 6, 2025|hospitals|

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 [...]

2025-01-07T14:12:00-05:00January 8, 2025|Federal Update, hospitals, Medicare, News, Pennsylvania Update|

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.”  

2019-03-04T06:00:01-05:00March 4, 2019|hospitals|
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