Becker's Healthcare August 7, 2024
The gap between hospitals with strong and weak margins is growing, according to Kaufman Hall, and the top hospitals are vigilant about evaluating their physician strategies.
“Data from the National Hospital Flash Report show that not all hospitals are generating losses; higher performing organizations are carefully reviewing their employed physician portfolios with a focus on profitable service lines and are more effective at deploying advanced practice providers,” stated the research firm in the second quarter Physician Flash Report, released Aug. 5.
The report surveys more than 200,000 employed physicians and advanced practice providers in 100-plus specialties to determine average provider productivity and financial investments. The median net patient revenue per full-time employed provider was up 4% year over year to...