FastFinance: MA turmoil and opportunities, hospital price caps

Rich Daly
Published May 12, 2026 3:32 pm

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 may have some opportunities ahead to improve their results in Medicare Advantage.

Also, this week’s Weird Number: $3.8 billion. That’s the total drop in Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule Medicare payments from 2018 to 2020, according to estimates from the American Clinical Lab Association.

One More Thing: One driver of the proliferation of hospital price cap laws in states is research on existing laws.

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Rich Daly

Rich Daly is a senior editor with HFMA, Downers Grove, IL.
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