Hospital Finances Break Even As Redeterminations Spike Charity Care

Hospital finances broke even in April amid a continuing trend of high expenses and the unwinding of the Medicaid continuous coverage requirement previously tied to the COVID-19 public health emergency, but the impact of ongoing disenrollments from Medicaid could be starting to show up in hospital data, according to a new report from Kaufman, Hall and Associates, LLC. As many as 6.2 million people could become uninsured due to the Medicaid unwinding as about 15.5 million people transfer away from...