U.S. hospitals and health systems continued to experience tight margins in June, as rising expenses offset revenue and volume improvements—amid concern about the impact of the COVID-19 Delta variant—according to the latest issue of Kaufman Hall’s National Hospital Flash Report.

Recent data show new gains for the nation’s hospitals, health systems, and physician groups as they move closer to pre-pandemic performance, according to two reports from Kaufman Hall released today. The trends suggest a possible end to the volatility wrought by COVID-19 after more than a year of significant disruption.

Hospital margins, volumes, and revenues were up across most performance metrics both year-to-date (YTD) and year-over-year (YOY), but were down compared to March, according to the latest issue of Kaufman Hall’s National Hospital Flash Report.

On April 26, 2021, Coastal Medical (“Coastal”) entered into a strategic partnership with Lifespan Health System (“Lifespan”).

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to drive uncertainty for the nation’s hospitals, health systems, and physician groups, as signs of progress are tempered by narrow margins, low patient...

Decreasing inpatient volumes combined with continued low outpatient volumes contributed to low-to-negative margins in February for hospitals and health systems nationwide, according to...

The first month of the new year proved challenging for hospitals and health systems nationwide as the effects of the pandemic continued to push margins, volumes, and outpatient revenues...

High COVID-19 hospitalization rates and consumer reluctance to visit healthcare facilities for non-urgent care continue to drive poor performance for the nation’s hospitals, health...

On Thursday, December 17, 2020, Lake Health agreed to join University Hospitals, establishing Lake Health as University Hospitals’ Lake County flagship community-based health care provider serving Northeastern Ohio.

CHICAGO – December 21, 2020 – Rising infection rates and mounting COVID-related hospitalizations rocked U.S. hospitals and health systems in November, continuing months of volatility...

On Monday, November 16, 2020, King’s Daughters’ Health, Madison, IN and Norton Healthcare, Louisville, KY signed a Letter of Intent enabling both healthcare systems an opportunity to...

CHICAGO – November 30, 2020 – Instability spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic continued to hit hospitals and health systems nationwide in October. Margins fell, revenues flattened, and...