Marco Criscuolo's questions to Universal Health Services Inc (UHS) leadership • Q3 2024
Question
Marco Criscuolo of Nephron Research inquired about changes in managed care behavior, including patient denials and downgrades, and trends in physician recruitment and turnover.
Answer
Executive Steve Filton explained that aggressive payer behavior has been a trend for the past year, with no dramatic change in the current quarter. He noted that physician recruitment is not particularly difficult, and previous expense pressures in areas like anesthesiology were more related to billing changes from the No Surprise Act than physician scarcity.