Accounting & Financial Management
These hospitals had an average operating margin of -8.6%, compared with -1.4% for all other hospitals, based on Medicare cost report data.
Financial challenges in the coming year include lower volumes of COVID-19 vaccinations and testing, company says.
Optum growth led the way, with the subsidiary's revenues growing 22% year-over-year to $56.7 billion.
TEFCA implementation and FHIR standards need to address effectiveness and expense issues, say FAST cochairs Deepak Sadagopan and Duncan Weatherston.
Across all payers, per-enrollee spending is projected to accelerate in 2023 and 2024.
Most agencies are reporting significantly more credit rating downgrades than upgrades, the AHA says.
The layoffs begin October 2, and the affected workers will end their employment on December 8.
For people with commercial insurance, the value of benefits for women is more than $1.3 billion less than men.
EPISTORM is expected to give hospitals two weeks advance notice of inpatient numbers, says Alessandro Vespignan of Northeastern.
Costs for procedures such as mammograms and colonoscopies are as much as 58% higher when performed in HOPD settings.