Glimmers Of Stability Emerge For Not-For-Profit, Public Hospitals, But They’re Not Out Of The Woods

"That's still an anemic margin overall," said Christopher Kerns, executive director at the Advisory Board. But mergers and acquisitions, steady patient volumes and revenue cycle improvements fueled rising revenue while cost-cutting initiatives. In other industry news: mandatory payment models, HIPAA fines, private-equity and physicians' practices, and more.

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