Corporate hospitals expect revenue and margins to surpass pre-Covid times

Non-Covid occupancies, higher average revenue per occupied bed, cost rationalisation driving growth

Better occupancies, higher revenue per bed, and cost rationalisation are pushing corporate hospitals into recovery mode after a particularly gangrenous second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic brought India's public health system to its knees. In fact, the industry expects revenue and margin growth to surpass pre-pandemic levels, despite lower inbound medical tourists.
 
Max Healthcare, for example, has seen August occupancy levels touch 75 per cent. “With August occupancy perched at 75 per cent, occupancy levels have reached pre-pandemic levels. Further, Covid-dedicated beds account for just 1 per cent of the overall occupied beds. We should be able to sustain