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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 audience of senior healthcare financial managers and ...
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WEBBetween 2022 and 2023, care denials increased 20.2% for commercial claims and 55.7% for ...
Employers expect benefit costs to rise 5% for third straight year
WEB3 days ago · 2025 would be the third consecutive year of health benefit cost increases above 5%, following a decade of about 3% increases. Total health benefit cost per employee is expected to rise 5.8% on average in 2025, even after accounting for planned cost-reduction measures, according to an analysis based on a survey by Mercer.
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 the pressing need for measures aimed at alleviating financial ...
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 expenses will slow as hospitals make greater efforts to ...
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WEBBetween 2022 and 2023, care denials increased 20.2% for commercial claims and 55.7% for ...
Navigating the healthcare economy | Healthcare Finance News
WEBOct 31, 2021 · Healthcare Finance Staff. Photo: Anton Patrus/Getty Images. COVID-19 revealed our national weaknesses in healthcare – an interconnected reliance on the supply chain, for one. It also showed our individual strengths and resilience. With regulations lifted, providers learned just how quickly they could adapt …
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.
Merger and acquisition revenues for health systems hit $45B in 2022
WEBJan 13, 2023 · Photo: Martin Barraud/Getty Images. The fourth quarter of 2022 was a banner period in terms of healthcare merger and acquisition revenues, and the transactions that took place in the quarter pushed M&A revenues to $45 billion for 2022, according to a new Kaufman Hall analysis. There were seven announced transactions in …
Outlook strong for healthcare services deals, PwC finds
WEBJun 22, 2023 · Jeff Lagasse, Editor. Photo: Helen King/Getty Images. Coming off strong years for healthcare services deals in 2021 and 2022, volumes have remained resilient through May, despite multiple headwinds, including higher interest rates, increased antitrust regulatory review concerns, elevated valuations and general fears about the recession.
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