HealthLeaders Media April 4, 2022
The pandemic accelerated the trend of healthcare moving into outpatient care settings, forcing health systems to look for tactics to maintain their bottom line.
The pandemic has created a multitude of challenges for hospitals, but an increased shift toward lower-cost outpatient or in-home care is threatening organizations’ revenue growth and margins, according to new research by Moody’s Investors Service.
Traditionally, inpatient care revenue has been the measure of presence and market share in the industry for hospitals and healthcare systems.
Between a rise in telehealth and fewer emergency room visits, the report finds that traditional hospital-based care is becoming less of the norm, as outpatient revenue has exceeded inpatient revenue in the past few years.
Though this trend has been...
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