Why pending healthcare policies look so daunting for hospitals

Why pending healthcare policies look so daunting for hospitals

For both revenue and costs, ongoing policy developments pose a risk of aggravating trends that already are constraining hospital budgets. The budget reconciliation bill in Congress and the imposition of extensive tariffs would add to ongoing pressures on hospital finances. Bad debt levels are rising among not-for-profit hospitals, as are supply costs, and those issues could become more severe if policies remain on their current track. “The expen…