Key Hospital and Provider Trends in 2024

Healthcare providers have kept an eye on rising costs as nationwide labor shortages, inflation and dried up COVID-19 relief funds have pushed health systems’ operating margins into the red. But, despite hospital executives’ best efforts at cost management, 2024 will not bring a reprieve from razor-thin operating margins for most systems, experts warn. Analysts are split on how bleak the picture is for the provider sector. The major three major credit agencies — Fitch Ratings, Moody’s Investor Services and S&P Global Ratings — have forecast negative to stable conditions for the year. However, neither credit agencies nor industry experts predict a full financial turnaround for the embattled industry in 2024.

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