Financial Management
The economy is taking its toll on the patients and communities hospitals serve. For the majority of hospitals: The proportion of emergency department patients without insurance is increasing. A higher proportion of patients are unable to pay for care and many hospitals are seeing more patients…
Data from the 2008 AHA Annual Survey – which would have only picked up the very beginnings of the economic crisis – show a marked deterioration in the financial health of hospitals. Data from subsequent AHA surveys in 2009 indicate challenges continue.