What You Should Know:
– Narrow margins, low patient volumes, and high costs fuel ongoing financial instability for U.S. hospitals, health systems, and physician groups, according to two new reports from Kaufman Hall.
– U.S. hospitals and health systems saw mixed performance in March, as national COVID-19 metrics plateaued early in the month before climbing steadily again with increased spread of COVID-19 variants, as shown in the latest issue of the National Hospital Flash Report.
– Physician groups experienced volatility throughout 2020 as a result of the pandemic. Physician productivity, compensation, and revenues for the year all fell below 2019 results. Meanwhile, the average investment required to supplement physician revenues rose, according to year-end analyses featured in the new quarterly issue of Kaufman Hall’sPhysician Flash Report.
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