Search Sort by Newest to OldestOldest to NewestRelevanceA-ZZ-A Pagination First page First Previous page ‹ Page 1 Current page 2 Page 3 … Next page › Last page Last National Hospital Flash Report Summary: August 2021 A resurgence of COVID-19 cases from rapid spread of the highly contagious Delta variant is raising new uncertainties for hospitals and health systems across the country. Research Report National Hospital Flash Report Summary: September 2021 Rising COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations from the hyper-transmissible Delta variant continued to deepen pressures on the nation’s hospitals and health systems in August, according to the latest issue of Kaufman Hall’s National Hospital Flash Report. Research Report National Hospital Flash Report Summary: October 2021 High numbers of high-acuity patients coupled with escalating expenses continued to stress the nation’s hospitals and health systems in September, according to the latest National Hospital Flash Report. Overall hospital performance declined across most metrics for the month. Research Report Physician Flash Report: October 2021 Physician activity came roaring back in the second and third quarters of this year, with physician productivity and revenues surpassing both 2019 and 2020 performance. Research Report National Hospital Flash Report Summary: November 2021 Hospital Margins Drop for a Second Month as Labor Expenses Climb U.S. hospitals and health systems were hit with a second consecutive month of margin declines in October as mounting... Research Report National Hospital Flash Report Summary: December 2021 Hospitals and health systems nationwide experienced another challenging month in November as COVID-19 hospitalizations rose more than 25% over the course of the month. Research Report Rising Labor Expenses Strain Hospital Finances In a new Hospital Finance podcast episode, Kaufman Hall SVP, Erik Swanson, discusses the results of the January 2022 National Hospital Flash Report that looks at the financial performance of hospitals. Podcast Physician Flash Report: January 2022 U.S. physician practices ended 2021 with sizeable gains in physician productivity and revenues relative to late 2020 performance, but mounting expenses and high levels of investments/subsidies required to support practice operations continue to be areas of concern. Research Report National Hospital Flash Report: January 2022 Hospitals and health systems nationwide closed the second year of the pandemic caught in a vise of rising volumes and ballooning expenses, as COVID-19 cases climbed to new highs and... Research Report Operationalizing Value-Based Primary Care: Lessons from the Field For more than a decade, hospitals, payers, and other healthcare stakeholders have experimented with moving healthcare payment from fee-for-service, volume-based contracts to arrangements that reward providers for the value of the care they provide. Article National Hospital Flash Report: February 2022 The first month of 2022 was devastating for hospitals and health systems nationwide as they were hit full force by the Omicron tidal wave. COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations peaked at... Research Report Getting a Handle on Observation Status Patients Since the introduction of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ two-midnight rule for determining observation status in 2013, observation patients have represented a growing... Article Pagination First page First Previous page ‹ Page 1 Current page 2 Page 3 … Next page › Last page Last
National Hospital Flash Report Summary: August 2021 A resurgence of COVID-19 cases from rapid spread of the highly contagious Delta variant is raising new uncertainties for hospitals and health systems across the country. Research Report
National Hospital Flash Report Summary: September 2021 Rising COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations from the hyper-transmissible Delta variant continued to deepen pressures on the nation’s hospitals and health systems in August, according to the latest issue of Kaufman Hall’s National Hospital Flash Report. Research Report
National Hospital Flash Report Summary: October 2021 High numbers of high-acuity patients coupled with escalating expenses continued to stress the nation’s hospitals and health systems in September, according to the latest National Hospital Flash Report. Overall hospital performance declined across most metrics for the month. Research Report
Physician Flash Report: October 2021 Physician activity came roaring back in the second and third quarters of this year, with physician productivity and revenues surpassing both 2019 and 2020 performance. Research Report
National Hospital Flash Report Summary: November 2021 Hospital Margins Drop for a Second Month as Labor Expenses Climb U.S. hospitals and health systems were hit with a second consecutive month of margin declines in October as mounting... Research Report
National Hospital Flash Report Summary: December 2021 Hospitals and health systems nationwide experienced another challenging month in November as COVID-19 hospitalizations rose more than 25% over the course of the month. Research Report
Rising Labor Expenses Strain Hospital Finances In a new Hospital Finance podcast episode, Kaufman Hall SVP, Erik Swanson, discusses the results of the January 2022 National Hospital Flash Report that looks at the financial performance of hospitals. Podcast
Physician Flash Report: January 2022 U.S. physician practices ended 2021 with sizeable gains in physician productivity and revenues relative to late 2020 performance, but mounting expenses and high levels of investments/subsidies required to support practice operations continue to be areas of concern. Research Report
National Hospital Flash Report: January 2022 Hospitals and health systems nationwide closed the second year of the pandemic caught in a vise of rising volumes and ballooning expenses, as COVID-19 cases climbed to new highs and... Research Report
Operationalizing Value-Based Primary Care: Lessons from the Field For more than a decade, hospitals, payers, and other healthcare stakeholders have experimented with moving healthcare payment from fee-for-service, volume-based contracts to arrangements that reward providers for the value of the care they provide. Article
National Hospital Flash Report: February 2022 The first month of 2022 was devastating for hospitals and health systems nationwide as they were hit full force by the Omicron tidal wave. COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations peaked at... Research Report
Getting a Handle on Observation Status Patients Since the introduction of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ two-midnight rule for determining observation status in 2013, observation patients have represented a growing... Article