June 2023 Utilization Report

Highlights: There was a decrease in volumes across all five summary utilization metrics from May to June 2023. Observation admissions show the steepest decline going from 34% over pre-COVID baseline in May to -2% below baseline in June 2023, followed by ambulatory surgery with a change from 6% above baseline in May to -1% below baseline in June. There was a slight decrease in acute care admissions from -13% below baseline in May to -14% in June, while emergency department visits decreased from -18% to -20%. Please note that civil commitment admissions for FD-12 hospitals were added to the report and are depicted in Table 5 and Chart 3 of the report. Civil commitment admissions were above the 15-month median (April 2022 – June 2023) for the most recently reported four months ending in June 2023.