This brief explores data about rural hospitals’ financial health and stability at a time when Congress is considering potential federal budget cuts. It examines the prevalence of rural hospitals, their characteristics and finances, federal support for …
Psychiatric facilities will get a 2.4% increase under the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ proposed rule for the inpatient psychiatric facility prospective payment system for fiscal year 2026.
The American Medical Association is urging Optum to stop its approach for recouping Change Healthcare cyberattack-related loans and to suspend all claim filing deadlines associated with the resulting outage.
Republicans are pushing to implement requirements that Medicaid recipients work in order to obtain or retain coverage. Some states try to help enrollees find jobs. But states lack the data to show whether they’re effective.
Republicans are pushing to implement requirements that Medicaid recipients work in order to obtain or retain coverage. Some states try to help enrollees find jobs. But states lack the data to show whether they’re effective.
In addition to setting payment rates for inpatient and long-term care, Friday’s proposed rule would update quality measures, promote interoperability programs and reduce private expenditures to comply with federal regulations.
A proposed rule from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services seeks to increase the hospice payment rate by 2.4% – an estimated increase of $695 million in payments from fiscal year 2025.
Hospitals are getting a 2.4% payment increase in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ 2026 Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System proposed rule.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is making updates to Medicare payment policies and rates for skilled nursing facilities under the Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System (SNF PPS) for fiscal year 2026.
Upfront by Health Catalyst recently collaborated with Hartford Healthcare in Connecticut to integrate a tech-enabled patient engagement program for the seven hospital system.
