Rich Daly
About the Author
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
News Watch November 2019: Developments and trends shaping healthcare finance
News Watch: News stories about recent developments and trends shaping healthcare finance in the United States.
Amid lagging hospital risk taking, value-based payment advocates try to woo CFOs
Hospital CFOs are seen by others in healthcare as the key to spurring organizations and the industry at large to move from fee for service to risk-based payment models.
Hospital payment cuts fund state public-option plans
States are using hospital rate cuts as a key building block to support a growing number of public-option health plans.
How a ‘mini-Optum’ saved $85 million in three years by emphasizing primary care
A Texas clinically integrated network has used a primary care physician-focused approach to lower healthcare spending by $85 million over three years.
More Medicaid programs increase hospital payment rates
More states have moved to increase hospitals’ Medicaid rates than to cut them — reversing a pattern from the last fiscal year.
Oct. 19-25: CMMI leader to address value-based care executives
Healthcare finance policy events for the week of Oct. 21 include an address from a CMMI executive, HFMA webinars and a deadline for comments on advance beneficiary notices.
Proposed accounting changes could bring costs, complications
A proposed accounting-rule change could increase costs and complicate debt initiatives for hospitals using a debt arrangement that was popular when interest rates were high.
Provider alignment to get a boost under anti-kickback, Stark proposals: attorney
Provider initiatives to better align under value-based payment models would get a boost from proposed Stark and anti-kickback law enforcement changes.
Kaiser ramps up SDOH spending, but a demonstrable ROI is likely ‘years’ away
Kaiser Permanente is directing a growing share of its $2.8 billion community benefit spending to address the social determinants of health.
Oct. 13-18: Multiple national gatherings among key upcoming healthcare events
Key events include an HFMA webinar, national healthcare provider meetings and a House hearing on healthcare affordability.