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Modern Healthcare May 23, 2019
Hospital and health system operating margins have plummeted in recent years. Leaders are anxious to see if this trend has bottomed out or if margins will remain in freefall.
In 2016, the typical not-for-profit system’s expenses grew by 7.1%—outpacing revenue growth by a full percentage point.1 The next year things got even worse, as operating margins fell to an all-time low of just 1.6%.2
