Site-of-care shift

The hospital hiding in a strip mall

Mon Marion Neighborhood Hospital in West Virginia is part of a burgeoning trend of micro-hospitals, diminutive facilities with less than 50 beds. The low-cost hospitals are stemming rural care gaps and adding to health systems’ footprints across the country.

Outpatient Procedure Shift Dings Surgical Volumes for Universal Health Services

Softer surgery volumes, hospital woes dampened UHS’ Q3 earnings

An increasing shift toward outpatient surgeries and slower-than-expected ramps to profitability at some of its hospitals dinged Universal Health Services’ earnings in the third quarter.

Inpatient-Only List Removals Shifted Procedures To The Outpatient Setting And Reduced Medicare Spending

Health Affairs, Volume 45, Issue 11, Page 1287-1294, November 2026.

Bon Secours affiliate makes $5.7B bid for Surgery Partners

HealthSpan, the investment arm of Bon Secours, wants to take Surgery Partners private and absorb its 30-state outpatient footprint.

Medicare Is Moving Surgeries Out of Hospitals (And Possibly Saving Billions)