Even as its inpatient occupancy surged near the end of 2025, the nation’s largest for-profit hospital system said it has generally managed to avoid revenue-limiting capacity constraints and should continue to do so through 2026 even as its volumes grow. HCA Healthcare, with its stock sitting at an all-time pricing high, pleased investors earlier this year when announcing a better-than-expected fourth-quarter performance and bullish 2026 guidance despite hundreds of millions in expected headwinds due to changes in Medicaid policy. But, while that quarter’s same-facility equivalent admissions rose 2.5% over the prior year, in line with expectations, its inpatient surgeries remained flat while its outpatient surgical volume dipped by about 1.5%.
Read the full article: HCA Healthcare Says All-Time High Inpatient Capacity, ACA Exchange Attrition Won’t Spoil 2026 Volume Growth //
Source: https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/providers/hca-healthcare-says-all-time-high-inpatient-capacity-aca-exchange-attrition-wont-spoil