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02/12/2019 Bookmark and Share Share Post
Insurance/Benefits

How Much Money Are North Texas Health Plans Making?

The latest version of Allan Baumgarten’s Texas Health Market Review came out this year, revealing enrollment, profit, and marketshare for Texas’ Health Plans for 2017. Some plans appear to be raking in the cash, while others are losing millions of dollars. First, let’s look at what the review says about insured rates in Texas, which has the greatest percentage of uninsured people in the nation. According to the report, Texas’ uninsured rate decreased from 21.9 percent in 2013 to 17.3 percent in 2017, though it ticked up from 16.9 percent since 2015. Texas is one of 14 states that hasn’t adopted… Full Story

12/19/2018 Bookmark and Share Share Post
Hospitals

Report: Texas Hospitals are Becoming Less Profitable

Hospital profits have been on the rise for years, but 2017 saw dividends down for healthcare providers in Texas, according the the Texas Health Market Review. Fewer insured individuals and HMOs that lost money were partly to blame for the losses. Allan Baumgarten has been publishing the reviews since 1998, analyzing hospital systems and insurers across Texas and other states. He looks at the impact of the Affordable Care Act and other factors that contribute to the direction of the market. He noted that young people are less likely to care about a relationship with a physician than in past… Full Story

12/22/2015 Bookmark and Share Share Post
Hospitals

The Most Read Healthcare Stories From 2015, All In One Place

Looking at analytics, 2015 may be the year that the true impact of the Affordable Care Act became visible. Locally, there were more large-scale alliances and partnerships and fewer outright acquisitions. Readers remain curious about the future of the physician shortage in Texas and the potential for technology to improve access to care. And while there were no global stories of interest to come out of North Texas, one dominated the website’s readers: The collapse of Forest Park Medical Center. The luxury physician-owned hospital chain is now beset by multiple bankruptcy filings, closures, and the indictment of one of its… Full Story

10/8/2013 Bookmark and Share Share Post
Hospitals

DFW Hospital Profitability Strong Despite Declining Occupancy

Dallas-Fort Worth hospitals earned more than $1.5 billion in 2011 despite a decline in inpatient occupancy, according a market report issued Monday. DFW hospitals earned $1.584 billion, which represented 10.3 percent of net patient revenues of $14.015 billion, according to the Texas Health Market Review 2013. Minnesota-based analyst Allan Baumgarten, the report’s author, has published or contributed to state health market reports in 11 other states for more than a decade. Baumgarten said the local hospital margins are “very healthy” and well above that of other metropolitan areas. Baylor Health Care System and HCA North Texas were the most profitable.… Full Story