FastFinance: Hospital non-patient revenue; ACA plan changes
HFMA’s FastFinance newsletter is now a podcast. Host Rich Daly discusses the most current and relevant healthcare news, delivered in an easily digestible format. Most hospital revenue is from non-patient-care sources, according to a new analysis. The shares of patient-care revenue vary widely by hospital type. Also, this week’s Weird Number: 40%. That’s the increase…
Most hospital revenue is not from patient care
Hospitals derive only about one-third of revenue from patient care as low public payer rates and other factors have driven them to find other income sources, according to a new analysis. Net patient revenue was a median of 29.9% of gross revenue across nonfederal short-term acute care hospitals in 2024, according to an analysis by…
Bad debt, charity up 32% since 2022
Uncompensated care costs have increased 32% in 2025 compared to 2022, but they have been offset by increasing hospital incomes, and the trend is driven by increased payer denials, growing ED visits, and Medicaid volumes.