While hospital and health system financial performance was relatively stable in September, expenses remain high, especially when compared to 2021-2023, according to Kaufman Hall's September Flash ...

The construction industry is known for its complex and fluctuating costs. To effectively budget for a construction project, it’s essential to consider all the different labor costs. Here are some ...

Hospital finances, rocked by a pandemic followed by labor and other inflation challenges, plus a slow return of patient volumes, may finally be stabilizing, nationally and in the Midwest, according to ...

Heightened labor costs are still hitting health systems’ bottom lines, even as their finances have held relatively stable over the past year, according to two reports by consultancy Kaufman Hall.

The hospital workforce is critical to the care process and is most often the largest expense on a hospital or health system’s balance sheet. Even before the pandemic, labor expenses — which include ...

Median hospital labor expenses grew 5.2% year over year in June, according to Strata’s Monthly Healthcare Industry Financial Benchmarks report. Labor expenses increased faster than non-labor expenses, ...

In a recent feature article in The Wall Street Journal entitled, “As Hospitals Grow, So Does Your Bill,” the reporter essentially claims that hospital consolidation over the past two decades, as well ...

Parts and labor costs dropped in the fourth quarter last year. After rising in the third quarter of 2024, following three consecutive quarterly decreases, combined parts and labor costs fell again by ...

A continuing influx of new trucks and the resolution of supply chain issues are helping commercial asset service operations realize a widespread drop in parts costs. The American Trucking Associations ...

Fleet maintenance costs saw a surprising reprieve in the final quarter of 2025, driven by a drop in labor expenses that offset ongoing inflationary pressure in the parts market, according to data ...