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
Hospitals innovate to control labor costs
Hospital labor costs have steadily increased amid consumerism and other trends, but some organizations are finding new ways to address the challenge.
Medicare advisers meeting among next week’s key industry events
Healthcare finance policy events for the week of Sept. 30.
2 approaches illustrate best practices in digital patient engagement
Two health plans shared the ways they’ve improved digital engagement with both patients and providers.
Verma to insurers: The public is ‘frustrated with you’
Seema Verma, administrator of CMS, says health plans need to become much more innovative, or they will be eliminated due to political pressure stemming from the public’s frustration.
Court tosses $380 million site-neutral payment cut
A federal judge rejected a large 2019 payment cut for many hospital outpatient departments.
Only a tiny share of hospital revenue is risk-based: Moody’s
Just 1.9% of net patient revenue for not-for-profit (NFP) hospitals in 2018 came from risk-based payment, according to a credit-rating agency.
Proposed mandatory models should be voluntary or delayed, providers say
The latest proposed mandatory Medicare payment models drew concerns from many providers, including hospitals that cited the potential for adverse financial impacts.
Verma pushes back on hospital transparency concerns
In response to concerns hospital advocates have raised about several price and quality transparency initiatives proposed by the Trump administration, one of the administration’s senior healthcare leaders said it will double down on those efforts.
Rural hospital meeting among next week’s key healthcare events
Healthcare finance policy events for the week of Sept. 16.
NFP hospital revenue growth tops expense growth for first time in three years: Moody’s
For 2018, one credit rating agency found not-for-profit hospitals’ revenues increased faster than expenses.