A rush of newly insured patients using health services has boosted hospital operators’ fortunes but has racked up costs that insurers didn’t anticipate, corporate filings and interviews with executives show.
People are getting more back surgeries, seeking maternity care and showing up at emergency rooms more frequently, executives say, boosting income for hospital operators.
At Tenet Healthcare Corp….patient volumes rose 4% in the second quarter compared with a year earlier, while uninsured inpatient admissions slid 22%….
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(WSJ) Hospitals Cash In on the Newly Insured
A rush of newly insured patients using health services has boosted hospital operators’ fortunes but has racked up costs that insurers didn’t anticipate, corporate filings and interviews with executives show.
People are getting more back surgeries, seeking maternity care and showing up at emergency rooms more frequently, executives say, boosting income for hospital operators.
At Tenet Healthcare Corp….patient volumes rose 4% in the second quarter compared with a year earlier, while uninsured inpatient admissions slid 22%….
Read it all.