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
April 15-19: See what events are coming in healthcare
Stay ahead of healthcare news and developments with this listing of hearings, conferences, webinars, contests, public forums, and deadlines for the week of April 15.
HHS considers bringing healthcare concierge services into federal programs
A relatively new employer trend of making healthcare navigators available to insured employees has caught the attention of the Trump administration’s healthcare policy leader.
April 22-26: See what events are coming in healthcare
Stay ahead of healthcare news and developments with this listing of hearings, conferences, webinars, contests, public forums and deadlines for the week of April 22.
May 13-17: See what events are coming in healthcare
May 13—Stay ahead of healthcare news and developments with this listing of hearings, conferences, webinars, contests, public forums and deadlines for the week of May 13. Highlights include HFMA webinars and another Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) webcast detailing the recently released Medicare primary care models. Monday, May 13 Start of submission period…
Bundled payment model begins accepting additional applicants
April 30—Following early withdrawals, the largest voluntary bundled payment program is offering a last chance for new participants to sign up. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently opened enrollment for the second cohort of the Bundled Payment for Care Improvement Advanced (BPCI-A) program. The new cohort of participants will begin in January 2020, the…
Several new Medicare primary care payment models to launch in 2020
Medicare eventually hopes to pay 25% of fee-for-service physicians under one of five primary care models planned for launch in 2020.
Some hospital-employed physicians will qualify for new primary care models
Certain physicians employed by hospitals and health systems will be allowed to participate in new Medicare primary care models that aim to enroll one-quarter of primary care providers.
FY20 inpatient payment rule proposes changes to DSH, wage index
The proposed rule for Medicare inpatient payments could significantly affect uncompensated-care payment and wage adjustments.
Will a quarter of primary care physicians join the new Medicare payment models?
The Trump administration envisions the five coming primary care models that were unveiled this week to include one-quarter of such clinicians. But Medicare advisers and others are split on whether many providers can succeed in the models.
May 6-10: See what events are coming in healthcare
Stay ahead of healthcare news and developments with this listing of hearings, conferences, webinars, contests, public forums and deadlines for the week of May 6.