A recent research report from Moody’s Investors Service noted that not-for-profit hospital revenue growth rate have been increasing at a slower rate than expenses, leading to shrinking profitability margins. While there has been a slowdown in the growth rate of costs at not-for-profit hospitals, the reduction in the revenue growth rate was even faster in […]

Academic medical centers (AMCs) play a prominent role in America’s healthcare system. They provide a disproportionate share of charity care, medical research and medical education when compared to non-academic medical centers. It has been assumed for a long time that AMCs also provide higher quality care than comparable non-academic medical centers, however there has been

The Advisory Board recently shared the results of its Annual Health Care CEO Survey. The survey asked hospital CEOs to rank their concern over a wide range of topics across the healthcare spectrum. In a break from prior years, both of the top 2 concerns revolved around cost structure and management. While growing their hospitals