This week's 5 must-reads for hospital CFOs

Here are five articles recently published by Becker's Hospital Review that offer insight on U.S. healthcare spending, how the nursing shortage will pressure hospital margins and more.

1. 5 things to know about US healthcare spending compared to 10 other high-income countries
Labor, supply and administrative costs are key reasons why the U.S. outpaces other high-income countries in healthcare spending, according to a study published in JAMA.

2. Moody's: Nursing shortage will pressure hospital margins for years
U.S. nonprofit hospital margins will be negatively affected by an extreme nursing shortage for at least the next three to four years, according to a report from Moody's Investors Service.

3. Miami hospital files for bankruptcy: 4 things to know
The Miami Medical Center, a 67-bed hospital that suspended patient services in October 2017, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection March 9.

4. 340B hospitals provided $26B+ in uncompensated, unreimbursed care: 3 study findings
Hospitals and health systems that participate in the 340B Drug Pricing Program play a crucial role in serving uninsured, Medicaid, Medicare, low-income and other indigent patients.

5. CJR spending goals remain unchanged after CMS allows outpatient total knee surgery
CMS may reassess spending benchmarks for total knee arthroscopy under the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement model later this year, but plans to leave the targets unchanged for now, according to a 58-page FAQ document published on the model last week.

More articles on healthcare finance:

Wisconsin hospital at risk of losing Medicare contract over injuries to babies
Dana-Farber ends 2017 with $36.8M operating loss
Advocate Health Care sees net income jump 36%

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