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FastFinance: Hospitals’ rising expense risk

Published August 19, 2025 3:40 pm | Updated August 22, 2025 9:42 am

HFMA’s FastFinance newsletter is now a podcast. Host Rich Daly discusses the most current and relevant healthcare news, delivered in an easily digestible format. Hospitals’ financial performance continues to improve this year, but expense trends are worrying, according to an industry tracker. Learn what spending is driving expenses.

Also, this week’s Weird Number: One million people have recently lost their primary care physician in one state.

One More Thing: Hospitals and health systems are expected to markedly improve their finances ahead of 2027 federal Medicaid cuts.

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