from Daniel McHale, Senior Vice President, Healthcare Finance & Policy

“Once again, CHIA’s quarterly report is deeply troubling evidence of Massachusetts hospitals’ financial challenges. With more than half of our hospitals operating in the negative and two-thirds of our hospital health systems consistently losing money on their operations, there is a very real threat to the sustainability of care that patients deserve.  It is critical to recognize the immense — and growing — cost pressures hospitals are incurring to keep services accessible for everyone who needs them.”