Inpatient Margin Scenario Planner
Examine the impact of various market forces on future hospital margins
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Topics: Cost Management, Margin Performance, Finance, Reimbursement, Medicare, Performance Improvement, Volume Growth, Strategy, Market Trends
Tool in Brief
Purpose
Generate institution-specific five- and 10-year outlooks for payer mix, case mix, volume, occupancy, and inpatient operating margins; useful for exploring the sensitivity of margin projections to changes in underlying market forces.
Suggested users
Hospital executives, business planners, analysts
Type of tool
Excel-based, Calculator/Forecaster
Key Information
Estimated completion time
10 minutes
Required inputs
Basic facility data, payer/case mix, volume and occupancy projections, future payment assumptions
Tool outputs
- Five- and 10-year payer and case mix projections
- Estimated inpatient operating margin
