Happy Tuesday, Hospitalogists. I hope your February’s are off to a swimmingly wonderful start. Don’t forget that this February is a leap year! For those of you who skip to the bottom first for Miscellaneous Maddenings, I have huge news: the first golf update is here. Hospitalogy Golf networking & conference when? Thanks so much…

Who better to kick off the Hospitalogy one-page executive summaries than HCA Healthcare, the 186-hospital operator generating $65B in annual revenue?

Hospitalogists, We’re 1 month into 2024 already. Isn’t that insane? Before we get started, I wanted to bring another study to readers’ attention, as it’s an interesting one coming from the intersection of AI and primary care. The AAFP conducted an evaluation of Navina’s AI-enabled clinical intelligence platform and concluded that using a platform like…

Patient volumes are BACK in a big way in 2024.

It’s an ongoing trend extending back to the second quarter of 2023. And everyone is watching, waiting, to see how volumes play out.

So, what happened in 2023? In what areas is volume returning? Finally, what are the downstream implications of this ‘New’ New post-post-Covid Utilization Normal ™ on payors, providers, and risk-bearing organizations?

Here’s the rest of my roundup from JP Morgan, highlighting some of the more interesting stuff from around the public company presentations and notable commentary.