Industry Trends

In a letter sent to employees and medical staff at the Greensburg- and Butler-based health systems — the executive cited ongoing financial pressures from the pandemic, staff shortages, inflation, cost increases, declines in reimbursement rates and the stock market as reasons for future cost-cutting measures.

Funding is starting to slow down in fear of economic turmoil, indicating that rapid innovation in healthcare may indeed take a pause.

As employers become more sophisticated and their use of behavioral health point solutions more commonplace, the contracting game appears to have changed.

The HHS brief highlights the threat to healthcare data, with 24 hospitals and multi-hospital healthcare systems being attacked.

Up to a third of hospital revenue is activity shifting to ambulatory surgery centers, office-based labs and other ambulatory sites.

The report recommends greater government oversight over private equity mergers and acquisitions.

About six in 10 U.S. adults said they would feel uncomfortable if their provider used artificial intelligence tools to diagnose them and recommend treatments in a care setting.

The worker shortage across the US healthcare system is restricting private equity dealmaking in the sector as some businesses struggle to grow and higher payrolls cut into margins.

The overall loss in 2022 compared with a gain of $364.4 million in 2021.