Becker's Healthcare September 9, 2024
Kaufman Hall’s most recent July 2024 “National Hospital Flash” report shed a light on financial stability that is continuing to spread across hospitals in the U.S.
From improved outpatient revenue and shorter average length of stay, the report found that the monthly operating margin index for hospitals was 3.8% in July, up from 3.3% in June.
In June, the flash report also pointed to improvements in hospitals, but continued uneven growth between higher- and lower-performing hospitals.
“As we are starting to see a bit more stability, the key here with this growing divide between the top and bottom performance, it doesn’t mean that we’re in the clear, necessarily,” Erik Swanson, senior vice president of data and analytics...