Shifting policies and attitudes toward transparency in healthcare pricing and reimbursement continue to impact the industry. Meanwhile, limited resources and technologies leave hospitals and health systems subject to data gaps, overload, and inconsistencies. 

Payors often come to contract negotiations with more data and deeper insights — putting hospitals and health systems at a disadvantage. In today's landscape, finance leaders need more precision, preparation, and credible data to level the playing field.

In today’s data-driven healthcare environment, the quality of financial data directly impacts an organization’s ability to operate efficiently, remain compliant, and sustain long-term performance. Yet, inaccuracies and inconsistencies continue to undermine billing, reimbursement, forecasting, and value-based care initiatives. 

This report for MedTech organizations draws on financial, operational, and claims data sourced from Strata Decision Technology’s national network of hospitals, health systems, and other care delivery organizations.

The findings offer critical insights for vendors serving the medical industry that can inform strategic decisions around technology development, planning, and implementation.

Key findings from our Q2 2025 report include:  

In an unpredictable healthcare landscape, understanding how your hospital compares to similar organizations is essential for building financial stability and driving improvement. This e-book outlines six practical steps for using comparative analytics to uncover opportunities, benchmark progress, and guide smarter decisions. 

By comparing your performance to local and regional peers, you can: 

The Strata Performance Trends report combines financial, operational, and claims data from hospitals, health systems, and other healthcare organizations across the country. The data show that financial performance continued to lag in Q3 2025 as organizations experienced widening disparities by system size, patient acuity, and service line mix. 

Key findings include:

Financial performance stabilized for many healthcare organizations throughout 2024, and healthcare leaders are cautiously optimistic they’ll retain those financial gains in 2025. ​Our annual survey of healthcare finance professionals found that more than two in five (44%) said they expect operating margins will remain about the same from 2024 to 2025, while over a third (36%) expect operating margins will increase.