Apparently, outpatient services aren’t going to be out of fashion with patients anytime soon. More patients are showing their preferences for having procedures done outside the hospital, and a recent report from Strata Decision Technology and Syntellis Performance Solutions sheds more light on the trend. (Syntellis is now a part of Strata.) At a time when hospitals are continuing to struggle financially, health systems are seeing a welcome increase in revenue from outpatient services.
Outpatient revenue jumped 11.6% from July to August 2023. Health systems are providing more orthopedic services on an outpatient basis, Chief Healthcare Executive reports. Read more.
