HealthExec December 20, 2022
Hospitals have been operating in tough conditions this year, with many margins in the red. The healthcare sector has faced strong economic headwinds throughout the year, including higher costs, high inflation rates and a staffing crisis.
The financial struggles among hospitals have been widely documented throughout 2022 in Kaufman Hall’s National Hospital Flash Report, which publishes data sampled from over 800 hospitals from Syntellis’ Axiom Comparative Analytics every month.
Health Exec caught up with Erik Swanson, senior vice president of data and analytics at Kaufman Hall, to learn more about the underlying trends throughout 2022 and what hospitals are bracing for in 2023.
Health Exec: The reports have shown a pretty bleak financial reality for hospitals. Can you...