FastFinance: Charity screening; 340B lawsuit
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. Our main story: As states are increasingly requiring pre-screening patients for charity care, a recent industry outreach effort gauged hospital interest and approaches. Also, this week’s Weird Number: 500,000. That’s how…
FastFinance: OPPS; hospital efficiency
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. Former hospital executives detail an approach that helped their organization improve quality while obtaining average commercial rates of 150% of Medicare. The former executives now offer other hospitals insights on their…
FastFinance: One health system’s efficiency push
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. Federal funding cuts under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act are expected to bite in a couple years. But one health system is trying to jumpstart its efficiency efforts by pretending…
FastFinance: MA impact on hospital margins
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. MedPAC found increasing local Medicare Advantage enrollment had little effect on hospitals’ margins. But some have questioned those findings. Also, this week’s Weird Number: As many as one million patients fall…
FastFinance: Medicare enrollees’ drug costs spike
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. Medicare enrollees’ out-of-pocket drug costs have jumped this year, according to recent research. Learn what effects researchers expect. Also, this week’s Weird Number: 95% of business leaders expect no measurable business…
HHS restructuring and the federal budget
HFMA’s Nick Hut and Shawn Stack talk about the latest from Washington.
Vendor and staffing management, plus the latest in budget reconciliation
Danelle Newman from OSS Health discusses how to strike a balance in vendor and staffing management. Also in this episode, HFMA Senior Editor Rich Daly talks with HFMA Policy Director Shawn Stack about the House-passed reconciliation package.
What DOGE’s actions mean for U.S. healthcare
HFMA Senior Editor Rich Daly talks about his hfm cover story about DOGE and the healthcare industry. HFMA’s Nick Hut and Shawn Stack talk about the 340B drug pricing program.
The IPPS proposed rule, and tackling charge capture issues
Nick Hut and Shawn Stack discuss the proposed rule for the Inpatient Prospective Payment System. Later, Taylor Searfoss, a vice president at Ni2, an Infinx company, discusses challenges in charge capture.
DOGE has plans for HHS. Here’s what could happen next.
Nick Hut and Shawn Stack discuss DOGE cuts to the Department of Health and Human Services and what they could mean for patients and providers.