Rich Daly

About the Author

Rich Daly

HFMA Senior Editor

Location: Downers Grove, IL

Rich Daly is senior editor, policy affairs with HFMA, based in Alabama. His healthcare policy and finance reporting experience includes staff writer positions with Modern Healthcare and Congressional Quarterly (both focused on healthcare regulatory and legislative developments); editor-in-chief of 340B Report (the only news outlet focused on daily policy, legal, and business developments in the 340B program); and serving as a content director for Sg2/Vizient Inc (producing reports on financial pain points and solutions for health systems). He previously covered daily news for HFMA and wrote features for Healthcare Financial Management magazine, where his recognitions included the Stephen Barr Award (the only individual achievement award) from the American Society of Business Publication Editors.

Latest Work

Changes coming to bundled payments and Direct Contracting, CMMI chief says

Coming changes will affect both Medicare bundled payment programs and the looming Direct Contracting program, said the director of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation.

Rich Daly October 19, 2020

More Medicaid programs are planning inpatient hospital payment cuts

States are moving to cut their Medicaid inpatient hospital rates amid the pandemic and its more than 400,000 hospitalizations.

Rich Daly October 15, 2020

CMS to add COVID-19-related waivers to value-based payment models, Verma says

Medicare plans to add pandemic-era waivers to its value-based payment models as a way to incentivize provider participation.

Rich Daly October 14, 2020

340B cuts, inpatient-only elimination lead hospitals’ OPPS concerns

Proposed OPPS cuts for 340B hospitals and outpatient payment changes drew the most concerns from hospitals and advocates.

Rich Daly October 13, 2020

Q&A: Humana expands value-based payment push

One MA health plan discusses how it’s pushing further into value-based payment and what that means for providers.

Rich Daly October 12, 2020

Proposed change to Medicare E/M payment leads to disagreement among both providers and health plans

Medicare physician payment changes for evaluation and management could have dire financial repercussions for some practices, providers warn.

Rich Daly October 12, 2020

Hospitals get relaxed Medicare repayment terms, short delay of DSH cut in federal funding bill

Hospitals will get some flexibility in the repayment of Medicare advance payment loans and a delay in uncompensated-care payment cuts under a new federal funding law.

Rich Daly October 7, 2020

Hospitals to lose Medicare, Medicaid access in 14 weeks if they don’t meet daily reporting requirements

Hospitals will have 14 weeks to meet daily data-reporting requirements related to COVID-19 and the flu or face termination from Medicare and Medicaid.

Rich Daly October 7, 2020

Public health emergency extended, $20 billion more in provider aid to be released

The COVID-19 public health emergency was extended to January and a new round of federal funding was issued for ongoing pandemic-response expenses.

Rich Daly October 6, 2020

Federal assistance rule changes draw increasing hospital concern

Rural and safety net hospitals are worried they may have to repay large amounts of federal coronavirus assistance under recently revised guidance.

Rich Daly October 5, 2020