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WEBHealthcare Finance provides timely and in-depth coverage of the challenges faced by healthcare providers and payers in light of skyrocketing healthcare costs, regulatory developments and diminishing reimbursements. Helmed by an experienced team of independent editors and journalists, we deliver news, analysis, educational content to an …
Hospitals confront mounting reimbursement challenges and …
WEBNov 30, 2023 · Escalating reimbursement delays and declining cash reserves are placing hospitals and health systems across the nation in a precarious financial predicament, according to data from Syntellis Performance Solutions' analysis of 1,300 hospitals.. The findings, published in partnership with the American Hospital Association, underscore …
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WEBImproving the Patient Financial Experience Throughout the Patient Journey While many healthcare providers believe that improving the patient financial experience is a critical step for their organization, few have done so successfully. Read this brief to learn strategies that increase patient ...
Nearly 1,200 medicines are in R&D pipeline to combat expensive …
WEB6 days ago · There is a shift from treating a disease to preventing it, says PhRMA chief medical officer Dr. Mike Ybarra. Improving the Patient Financial Experience Throughout the Patient Journey While many healthcare providers believe that improving the patient financial experience is a critical step for their ...
Moody's upgrades healthcare outlook from negative to stable for …
WEBNov 9, 2023 · Moody's Investors Service has revised its 2024 outlook for the not-for-profit and public healthcare sector to stable from negative, driven in large part by a decrease in labor costs.. While hospitals will continue to grapple with high expenses because of a shortage of skilled labor, particularly nurses, Moody's predicts that the growth in …
Healthcare organizations increasing IT investments
WEBSep 14, 2023 · Technology and IT has emerged as an important strategic priority for healthcare institutions, with a new Bain and Company report showing that providers are increasingly accelerating their spending on IT and software. Nearly 80% of healthcare executive respondents in the new survey increased spending materially over the past …
Hospital spending is projected to increase by 9.3% this year
WEBOct 12, 2023 · In 2023, aggregate hospital spending is expected to increase by 9.3% due to a rebound in utilization and higher prices due to rising labor costs. Starting in 2025, hospital spending is expected to grow at an average annual rate of 6% as hospitals transition away from pandemic-related use and spending. Across all payers, per-enrollee spending is ...
Healthcare private equity deals hit $90B in 2022
WEBApr 10, 2023 · Jeff Lagasse, Editor. Photo: detraphiphat/Getty Images. Private equity in healthcare saw its second highest year on record in 2022, closing on roughly $90 billion worth of deals, according to a report from consulting from Bain and Co. Despite a slowdown caused by macro-economic and geopolitical forces in the second half of the year, 2022 …
Financial challenges spurring healthcare merger and acquisition ...
WEBOct 16, 2023 · Hospitals and health systems have been under extreme financial pressure since 2022, when median operating margins remained in negative territory for the full year. And while the picture has improved somewhat this year, these challenges spurred about a third of the hospital and health system merger and acquisition activity in the third quarter.
Health system mergers still low in Q3, despite high value of deals
WEBOct 13, 2022 · Photo: Martin Barraud/Getty Images. Merger and acquisition activity between hospitals and health systems remained low in the third quarter of 2022, with just 10 announced transactions – comparable to Q3 2021, which saw seven announced transactions, according to a new analysis from Kaufman Hall. Yet while the volume of …