Healthcare Innovation March 25, 2025
Kaufman Hall’s Erik Swanson considers how health system leaders need to plan for the future of healthcare finance
As Healthcare Innovation reported on March 18, the Chicago-based consulting and advisory firm Kaufman Hall, a Vizient company, released findings on March 17 in its latest “National Hospital Flash Report” finding that average monthly operating margins for U.S. hospitals were 4.4 percent in January, up from 3.7 percent in December, and considerably above the 0.5 percent in November of last year. Indeed, throughout 2024, the average monthly operating margin hovered between 1.3 percent and 1.8 percent consistently, except in April, when it reached 2.0 percent, and in December, when it hit 2.1 percent.
Per the stabilized numbers, Erik Swanson, managing director and...
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