June’s modest volume and expense improvements were not enough to pull the hospital industry’s median operating margin into the green, marking six straight months of negative operations across the country, according to a new industry report, notes Fierce Healthcare.
Hospitals and health systems saw a median 30.8% improvement in their operating margins from May to June, leading to a median year-to-date operating margin index of -0.09%, according to Kaufman Hall’s numbers through June. Read more.
