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Kaiser Reports Good Financial News Kaiser Permanente reported $935 million of operating income (3.4% operating margin) and more than $2.7 billion of net income. This beats Q1 2023 dramatically. Kaiser is also looking to sell off up to $3.5 billion of its investment stakes. Additional articles: https://www.modernhealthcare.com/finance/kaiser-permanente-investments-wsj and https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/kaiser-posts-935m-operating-profit-in-q1.html (Some articles may require a subscription.)  #kaiserpermanente #healthplans #hospitals https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/finance/kaiser-permanente-posts-34-operating-margin-billions-net-income-q1-2024 RAND Study Shows Huge Gap Between Commercial And Medicare Hospital Payments RAND reports in a new study that there is a huge gap between commercial and Medicare’s fee-for-service hospital payments for inpatient and outpatient services. The gap has increased as well. In 2022, employers and private insurers paid hospitals on average 254% of what Medicare pays. This is up from 224% in 2020 and 247% in 2018. Some states had prices that had a gap of over 300%, while others had prices below 200%. See my blog about my daughter’s brain surgery.  There