April brought continued high demand for care, which, combined with improved patient throughput, has the nation’s hospitals in a stronger operating position than this time last year, according to Kaufman Hall’s latest monthly performance update. The firm’s operating margin index of nationwide hospitals was 3.3% across four months when including health system allocations for the cost of shared services and 6.9% when excluding those. That’s a 6% improvement in year-to-date operating margin compared to the first four months of 2024.
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Source: https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/providers/hospitals-maintain-high-volumes-revenues-april-kaufman-hall