FastFinance: Provider plan challenges; Digital diversion tool

HFMA’s FastFinance newsletter is now a podcast. Host Rich Daly discusses the most current and relevant healthcare news, delivered in an easily digestible format.

Hospitals and health systems have launched an increasing number of health plans in recent years and now provider plan challenges mean they need major re-assessments and decisive action.

Also, this week’s Weird Number: 2.3 million. That’s the number of Medicaid enrollees CMS projected will leave the program in FY27 due to requirements that able-bodied adult beneficiaries ages complete at least 80 hours per month of work, volunteering, job training, or education.

One More Thing: One health system is pioneering digital triage to reduce unnecessary visits of low-acuity patients to the over-crowded emergency departments.

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