'Unsustainable Path': Nonprofit Hospital Finances Face Troubling Trend

Health Leaders: The gap between expense and revenue growth for nonprofit hospitals grew again in 2017 and is expected to linger as a major financial concern in 2019.

A new report from Moody's found that median annual expense growth at nonprofit hospitals dropped from 7.1% in 2016 to 5.7% in 2017, while the annual revenue growth dropped from 6.1% to 4.6% during the same period of time.

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