Megan Kendall
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Megan Kendall
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Capital allocation and planning for a stabilizing healthcare outlook
The post-COVID-19 period brought unprecedented challenges to the healthcare sector, as economic pressures, structural shifts and regulatory pressures resulted in declining financial performance. More recently, health system performance has begun to stabilize, as reflected in recent Kaufman Hall National Hospital Flash Reports finding financial and operational improvements through November 2024. Nonetheless, the new level…
3 primary areas of focus for effective financial planning
The year 2022 has been one of the most challenging in recent history for hospital and health system operating performance. The year-to-date median operating margin remained in negative territory at -0.3% as of the end of August, according to Kaufman Hall research. Given the challenges, three key areas of financial planning are critically important in…