Some Regulatory Reduction Plans Draw Hospital Concerns
Nov. 20—Some of the latest regulatory rule changes aimed at reducing provider burdens have drawn hospital opposition.
Hospitals Lead Healthcare Price Growth Plunge
Nov. 19—An unusual slump in hospital price increases—especially among commercial health plans—has pulled down overall healthcare price increases, according to a recent analysis.
Impacts Expected from 2019 Transparency Requirements
Nov. 16—Healthcare executives expect widely divergent impacts from the unprecedented transparency on charges that hospitals are required to implement within six weeks.
Nov. 19-23: Social-Need Funding Coming in CMS Models
Nov. 15—New federal payment models in the coming weeks and months will include funding to address the social determinants of health, says the government’s healthcare leader.
Hospitals Face Business Impacts from Healthcare Innovators
Nov. 14—Hospitals are facing a range of business impacts from innovative partnerships and approaches that have been launched in recent months and years, according to industry analysts.
Number of Top-Scoring Hospitals in Patient Safety Increases
Nov. 12—The share of hospitals earning the highest patient safety grades increased in the latest scorecard from a national organization.
What Healthcare Policies Will the Election Produce?
Nov. 9—A divided Congress may be a recipe for overall gridlock, but some healthcare policy watchers see hope for action in certain areas.
Nov. 12-16: ‘Mandatory Models Are Going to See a Comeback,’ Azar Says
Nov. 8—As payers prepare to gather for value-based payment discussions in Washington, D.C., next week, the administration’s healthcare leader warned the sector to prepare for mandatory models.
Medicaid, Drug Prices Could See Big Election Impacts
Nov. 7—On Tuesday, voters in three states approved expanding Medicaid eligibility to a total of more than 300,000 people.
Hospital Q3 Deals Active, But Off Recent Highs
Nov. 6—Hospital mergers and acquisitions (M&A) continued to set an aggressive pace in the third quarter of 2018, according to several tracking firms. However, the rate of deals was not this year’s fastest.