While most hospitals “should be able to navigate the implications of healthcare reform relatively unscathed,” reduced payment and increased efficiency demands will hit solo, not-for-profit hospitals hard, Moody’s stated.
“Governmental auditing and oversight of revenue will be tightened [and] hospitals will be pressured to operate more efficiently, forcing spending cuts and mergers among smaller hospitals after 2014,” the report said.
Read HFMA’s report on not-for-profit hospitals.
