December 16 | Healthcare Policy Outlook: What Healthcare Finance Leaders Need to Know
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Live Webinar
Date: Wednesday, December 16, 2026, 2:00 – 3:00 PM CST
The healthcare policy landscape continues to evolve, creating new financial and operational challenges for healthcare organizations. This session will examine key federal legislative and regulatory developments, including Medicare and Medicaid policy, reimbursement changes, and emerging priorities following the midterm elections. Participants will gain insights into how these developments could affect healthcare financing, organizational sustainability, and strategic planning in 2027 and beyond.
What You Can Expect
- Identify major federal healthcare legislative and regulatory developments and their potential implications for healthcare organizations.
- Assess how emerging Medicare, Medicaid, and reimbursement policies could affect healthcare revenues, costs, and financial sustainability.
- Evaluate key healthcare policy risks and opportunities to inform financial and strategic planning for 2027.
Speakers
Rick Gundling, FHFMA CMA
Senior Vice President, Professional Practice and Chief Mission Impact Officer • HFMA
As Senior Vice President, Professional Practice and Chief Mission Impact Officer, Rick is responsible for overseeing HFMA’s technical and content direction, leading the organization’s Washington, DC activities, and managing the association’s thought leadership efforts. Results of HFMA’s policy initiatives have been used by hospitals, rating agencies, regulatory agencies, congressional committees, accounting standard setting bodies, state hospital organizations, and other government and industry leaders. Rick also serves as staff liaison to the HFMA Principles and Practices Board and has written an extensive number of published articles on broad topics within healthcare finance and the healthcare industry.
Prior to joining HFMA, Rick worked at the National Hospital for Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation in many leadership roles. In addition, he was Budget and Reimbursement Analyst for Prince William Hospital Corporation and served as Controller at the Visiting Nurse Association of Northern Virginia. Rick is a Fellow of HFMA, a Certified Management Accountant, and a member of the Institute of Management Accountants.
CPE Information
- CPE Award Amount: 1.0 (60-minute segment)
- Program Level: Overview
- Program Prerequisite: None
- Advanced Preparation: None
- Delivery Method: Group Internet Based
- Field of Study: Specialized Knowledge
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In order to receive CPE credit for this session, you must participate in 50 minutes of the presentation for this one-hour program. You must also respond to the 4 polling questions that will appear during the session and complete the online evaluation within 2 business days after the webinar.
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