FastFinance: Investment returns worry; 340B rebate lawsuit
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. For some hospital and health systems, the potential of a coming stock market crash is more worrying than looming policy changes. Also, this week’s Weird Number: 96. That’s how many labor…
Market worries overtake policy concerns
For some hospital and health systems, the potential of a coming stock market crash is more worrying than looming policy changes. The market concerns stem from the increasing reliance on investments to make up for uneven operating margins, according to the Marsh (formerly Mercer) “2026 healthcare asset owner survey results.” Many institutions with negative operating…
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.