While the nation’s largest for-profit health systems largely posted solid gains in the third quarter, major health insurers faced mixed results, with some reporting significant losses and others weathering margin pressures amid rising medical costs. Becker’s compared third-quarter financial performance across four major for-profit hospital operators — HCA Healthcare, Tenet Healthcare, Community Health Systems and Universal Health Services — and six major payers: UnitedHealth Group, Cigna, Elevance Health, CVS Health, Centene and Humana.
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Source: https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/q3-snapshot-for-profit-health-systems-rebound-payers-squeezed-by-rising-costs/