For its report, Kaufman Hall surveyed 106 hospital and health system leaders across the U.S. Most respondents were in executive leadership (62%) or finance (12%) roles.
Eight things to know:
1. Sixty-six percent of those surveyed said staffing shortages have required their organization to run at less than full capacity at some time over the past year.
2. Sixty-three percent of respondents are struggling to meet demand for patient access to their physician enterprise.
3. Thirty-two percent said patients’ concerns or complaints about access to their physician enterprise are increasing.
4. Ninety-eight percent said they are pursuing one or more recruitment and retention strategies.
5. Ninety percent have raised starting salaries or the minimum wage.
6. Seventy-one percent are encountering distribution delays in their supply chain.
7. Sixty-percent are seeing decreasing utilization of contract labor.
8. Seventy-three percent reported an increased rate of claims denials.
Read the full report here.
