FastFinance: Legal boost for HRSA 340B rebate; Rule details coming Medicaid provider tax changes
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. A recent legal ruling underscored that federal officials have the right to approve 340B rebates, which could increase the likelihood of a federal pilot. Also, this week’s Weird Number: $10 million.…
FastFinance: Physician unionizing push; Trans services rules
Health systems face a growing physician unionization push this year, amid heightened overall strike activity. Also, this week’s Weird Number: 20. That’s the number of states that have enacted mandatory minimum income limits for free or discounted care. One More Thing: CMS has issued two rules that aim to bar “sex-rejecting procedures” on children, which…
FastFinance: M&A outlook; 2026 prep for cuts
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. Health systems are expected to ramp up their dealmaking activity next year but deep divides have emerged between for-profit and not-for-profit approaches. Also, this week’s Weird Number: $172 billion. That the…
FastFinance: Texas sues Epic; 340B lawsuit update
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. A list of alleged financial harms against hospitals are at the heart of Texas’ anticompetitive lawsuit again EHR vendor Epic. Learn why its details are required reading. Also, this week’s Weird…
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.