STAT+: Hospitals earn big profits, insurers face ramped up Medicare Advantage audits
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We’re back on this Tuesday — hope you had a good Memorial Day weekend! This Friday at 10:55 a.m. ET, I’ll be participating (virtually) on a panel run by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. We’ll be talking about all things Medicare Advantage. Details here on how to watch or attend!
Yep, hospitals are still doing fine
Last week, I was flipping through the newly filed financial documents of AdventHealth, and the numbers hit me like an uppercut: The tax-exempt, religious system — which runs 53 hospitals across nine states — generated a 17% operating margin and 23% net margin, inclusive of investments, in the first three months of 2025.
