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Financial performance among U.S. hospitals improved toward the end of this year’s second quarter — but there are still concerning gaps between the highest- and lowest-performing organizations, ...

The trend and its impact will be worth watching in the coming months, Kaufman Hall analysts say. Hospital financial performance in the past year has been a mixed bag. Though a jump in revenue and ...

The Affordable Care Act has lowered the uninsured rate in the U.S., but it has not relieved the financial pressure hospitals experience from caring for uninsured patients. It is clear to many hospital ...

Cheryl Schweizer, Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, Wash. Oct. 30—MOSES LAKE — While bad debt and charity care expenses at Samaritan Hospital were lower than anticipated in September, they're higher ...

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York reported U.S. household debt increased to $17.5 trillion in the fourth quarter of 2023. Credit card debt, mortgages and auto loans led to those debt figures. But ...

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CHICAGO, May 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Hospitals and health systems nationwide saw notable growth in medical supply and drug expenses and increases in bad debt and charity care in recent years — ...

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