Chad Mulvany, FHFMA
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Chad Mulvany, FHFMA
Latest Work
Analysis: Initial thoughts on the President’s recent Medicare executive order
A review and insight on several key points in the President’s Medicare executive order issued Oct. 3.
Analysis: Walmart’s Sam’s Club unveils discount healthcare pilot program
A review of the Walmart Sam’s Club discount healthcare pilot program in three states and how the insight the company gleans about utilization and customer preferences will inform its health clinic concept pilot.
Analysis: How a longer-term delay to Medicaid DSH cuts may play out
A review of CMS’s recent rule finalizing the ACA’s mandated Medicaid DSH cuts for FY2020 and how it may play out if some legislators demand changes to the rule.
Analysis: Wage index changes in the IPPS Final Rule
A review of why a couple of the key changes to the CMS FY2020 IPPS Rule may not bring the desired results.
Analysis: Implications for providers as Amazon offers its employees access to a virtual clinic
A review of what Amazon’s launch of a virtual health clinic for its employees may mean for providers.
Analysis: CMS final discharge planning rule
A review of the final rule and suggestions for related HFMA resources.
Analysis: Humana to pilot plan based on virtual primary care
Why the virtual-visits-for-primary-care model launched by Humana and Doctor on Demand may be the beginning of a brave new model of silent tiering.
Analysis: Tennessee proposes an overhaul to funding of its Medicaid program
HFMA's Chad Mulvany reviews Tennessee’s proposal to overhaul funding of its Medicaid program and shares why CMS is likely to reject it.
Analysis: Yes Virginia (and Tennessee), controlling healthcare costs requires hard choicesc
A discussion about the challenges of achieving cost savings by rationalizing care delivery assets, post-merger.
Analysis: Site-neutral payment ruling favors hospitals for now
A Sept. 17 ruling by a U.S. District Judge favored hospitals by overturning the CMS rule that cut Medicare payments for E&M visits in certain hospital-based settings.