For years, health systems have been holding their breath to see if patient volumes would finally return to pre-pandemic levels. Because—per conventional wisdom–if volumes return, then so will operating margins. Right? Not so fast. Here, host Abby Burns invites Advisory Board experts Sebastian Beckmann and Elizabeth Orr to explore why with the positive volume forecast Advisory Board sees in its projections won’t automatically translate to a healthy financial outlook. Later, Optum Advisory expert Alex Kist joins the group to share what it’s looked like to help one health system put their local data into action to achieve the kind of differentiated growth our experts have been touting.
Read the full article: Patients Are Back – So Why Aren’t Hospital Margins? //
Source: https://radioadvisory.fireside.fm/225