The median year-to-date operating margin index for hospitals slightly improved in April to 0%, according to Kaufman Hall.
The neutral margin marks a slight improvement from the -0.3 percent recorded in March, according to Kaufman Hall’s latest “National Flash Hospital Report” — based on data from more than 900 hospitals, Becker’s reports.
Hospitals saw increased bad debt and charity care and decreased inpatient and outpatient volumes in April, which Kaufman Hall experts correlate to the winding down of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, which ended May 11. Read more.
