Hospitals’ financial performance improved during the first four months of the year, outperforming the same period in 2024, according to research released this week by Kaufman Hall .

The consulting firm analyzed data from 1,300 hospitals across the nation. The report found that hospitals’ average operating margin was 3.3% from January to April, up from 1.4% in May of last year.

Hospitals’ financial improvement across the first four months of this year is due to rising patient volumes and more efficient patient throughput, the report said. Discharges per calendar day increased by 3% year over year, and the average length of stay dipped by 3% year over year.

As a whole, hospitals are getting more serious about addressing bottlenecks in the patient transfer and discharge processes, note

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