Hospitals continue to face financial challenges as the landscape shifts, and the challenge posed to hospitals by patient balances after insurance, or PBAI, is growing. That's according to a new ...

Nonprofit hospitals across the country care for all patients, regardless of their ability to pay. Taking on bad debt and charitable care cases is a hallmark of the U.S. healthcare system. But in the ...

WILLMAR -- While bad debt climbs at many Minnesota hospitals, especially in the Twin Cities metro area, Rice Memorial Hospital is going against the grain. Bad debt at the city-owned hospital last year ...

Kaufman Hall’s October National Hospital Flash Report surveyed more than 1,300 hospitals on revenue and profitability. The report noted bad debt and charity care as a percentage of gross revenue and ...

Bad debt and charity care per calendar day rose 18% nationally in March 2026 compared to March 2025, and 46% compared to the first quarter of 2023, according to Kaufman Hall’s National Hospital Flash ...