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Nearly 80% of healthcare executive respondents in the new survey increased spending materially over the past year, spurred by emerging technologies, labor shortages and cost pressures.

Madera Community Hospital’s leaders are trying to sell off a 35.58-acre parcel of land for more than half a million dollars.

Investment demand for IRFs is strong due to the unique value propositions relative to other healthcare verticals.

It was not immediately clear why the medical group, established by physicians in 1973, is closing. 

Escalating losses, with a further $150 million expected this year, and chronic underutilization with inpatient use typically at only 20 percent of capacity, have forced the issue.

Capital investment needs are also increasing as health systems continue to increase their ambulatory footprints, driving them to look for creative ways to execute projects by exploring all the financial levers they can pull.

Preparing the practice financially not only means having the books and records organized and in order but can be more broadly defined as maximizing the value of the practice to a potential acquirer.

Such programs often struggle to stay afloat because of staffing shortages and volatile funding.

Citing Bureau of Labor Statistics data and conversations with its rated nonprofit systems, the report highlights three and four consecutive months of decelerating year-over-year hourly earnings growth for the hospital and ambulatory sub-sectors.

How 12 specialties are expected to grow by 2032.