Hospital margins improved in June as revenue gains outpaced patient volume — but Kaufman Hall’s latest data shows that financial gaps between high- and low-performing organizations persist, with increasing expenses and bad debt threatening long-term stability.
A group of hospitals have sued HHS Secretary Alex Azar, arguing he should reverse a policy that prevents hospitals from getting reimbursed for Medicare-related bad debts pending at outside collection agencies. The policy has raised hospital debt payments by about $1.35 million, the lawsuit claims.
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