Healthcare Finance News April 5, 2024
AHA report results are expected to assist policymakers in understanding the impact of the funds on financial performance.
COVID-19 federal relief funds helped rural hospitals’ financial performance but raises questions going forward about the 48% of these providers that consistently experience negative operating margins, according to a new issue brief released by the American Hospital Association.
The federal COVID-19 relief funds caused the largest increase in total margins for hospitals that would have experienced losses, the report said.
“However, these observations raise questions about how rural hospitals will cope financially as COVID-19 funding has ended but persistent financial
challenges remain,” according to the brief prepared by the Virginia Commonwealth University College of Health Professions, Department of Health Administration.
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