For this report, we analyzed data from CMS’ Standard Analytical File (SAF). We studied inpatient Medicare claims data from 2019 and 2022 at the facility and subservice line level to see what the “new normal” of hospital volumes looks like. We then determined whether each subservice line was high or low revenue using Advisory Board's proprietary revenue benchmark data. All subservice lines above the median were considered high revenue.

We then examined the percentage change in the number of total claims as well as the percentage change in the number of high-revenue and low-revenue claims for each facility.

All data in this report is based on Advisory Board analysis of CMS' Standard Analytical File.