Hospital operating margins inched upward for a second consecutive month, with new data from Strata showing the median year-to-date (YTD) operating margin for hospitals nationwide rose to 5.1% in ...

Hospital operating margins fell 5% nationally in the first five months of 2026 compared to the same period a year earlier, according to Kaufman Hall’s National Hospital Flash Report. The decline ...

Operating margins at hospitals and health systems have been hit hard by the pandemic, and the Omicron surge was an additional setback as the healthcare industry continued to struggle at the beginning ...

Nationwide hospital operating margins inched upward again in May thanks to a combination of reduced labor expenses and higher revenues, particularly in outpatient settings, according to the latest ...