Regulatory and Accounting Resources

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Medicaid Managed Care State Directed Payments and FFS Targeted Medicaid Practitioner Payments Proposed Rule Summary

HFMA provides a detailed summary of the rule that includes proposals to implement the provisions of the “Working Families Tax Cut” legislation, which modify the limit on the total payment rate and other requirements for State directed payments (SDPs) in Medicaid managed care with respect to certain service types and SDPs, and the proposals to expand application of the modified limit to all SDPs and all service types and to set a limit for certain targeted Medicaid payments in Medicaid fee-for-service.

Posted: June 1, 2026

Interoperability Standards and Prior Authorization for Drugs Proposed Rule Summary

HFMA provides a detailed summary of the proposed rule intended to improve the electronic exchange of health care data and streamline processes related to prior authorization by increasing the interoperability of systems used across the health care industry.

Posted: April 30, 2025

FY 2027 IPPS/LTCH PPS Proposed Rule Summary

HFMA presents a detailed summary of the FY 2027 Medicare inpatient prospective payment system and long-term care hospital prospective payment system proposed rule published in the Federal Register on April 14, 2026.

Posted: April 27, 2026

All Regulatory and Accounting Resources

Fact Sheets

HFMA members can access all of our regulatory fact sheets, summaries, presentations, and tools published since 2011.

Principles & Practices Board Guidance

The P & P Board works with the AICPA, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, and the Government Accounting Standards Board to address the unique financial reporting needs of healthcare organizations.

Comment Letters to Regulatory Agencies

Access all of our comment letters issued since 2012.

Community Benefit & Transparency Tools

HFMA compiled these resources for hospitals and health systems to assist with complying with the requirement to list standard charges online and to explain the procedures around charity care.

On-Demand Education on Healthcare Finance Regulations

This list of resources includes documents and insights on the ACA, physician relationships, readmissions, charity care, bundled payment and other related payment reform topics.

Healthcare’s First Cost Accounting Adoption Model

HFMA and Strata are introducing the L7 Cost Accounting Adoption Model to help healthcare providers access accurate cost data via the use of advacned cost accounting.