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

IPPS Rule Includes Pay Bump, Reporting Simplification

Aug. 6—More than 3,000 hospitals will receive an average increase of nearly 3 percent in their Medicare inpatient payment rates—along with a slew of policy changes—under a recently issued final rule.

Rich Daly August 7, 2018

What’s Driving Increased Hospital Cost Concerns?

Cost control eclipsed revenue growth as the top priority among health system CEOs, according to Advisory Board’s Annual Health Care CEO Survey.

Rich Daly August 6, 2018

In Q2, Hospital M&A Slows, Practice Acquisition Stays Flat

Aug. 3—The merger-and-acquisition (M&A) momentum in health care during the second quarter of the year switched from hospitals to physician practices, according to tracking companies.

Rich Daly August 6, 2018

Aug. 6-10: As Navigator Deadline Approaches, Individual-Insurance Market Strengthens

Aug. 2—As the Trump administration prepares to accept the latest round of navigator applications this week, the individual health insurance market appears to be strengthening. 

Rich Daly August 3, 2018

Medicare Offers $1 Billion Increase, Policy Changes for Post-Acute Providers

Aug. 1—Post-acute care providers will see more than a $1 billion pay boost for FY19—along with a range of policy changes—as described in annual final rules issued by Medicare this week.

Rich Daly August 2, 2018

Healthcare Finance Industry Names Leading Innovators

July 30—Providing an indication of where the healthcare finance industry is headed, stakeholders recently selected a patient revenue cycle system and a telemonitoring company as leading innovators.

Rich Daly August 1, 2018

Members of Congress Identify Ways to Cut Administrative Costs

July 31—Healthcare administrative costs could be cut in half over the next five years through a series of congressional and administrative actions, members of Congress were told this week.

Rich Daly August 1, 2018

Medicare Proposes $760 Million 2019 Hospital Cut

July 27—A range of major hospital policy changes includes a $760 million cut as part of the 2019 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) proposed rule.

Rich Daly July 31, 2018

July 30-Aug. 3: As CMS Offers MIPS Review, Physicians Urge Its Preservation

July 26—Members of Congress and some physician leaders urged the continuation of Medicare’s Merit-based Incentive Payment System amid growing calls for its elimination. However, many agreed the system needs changes.

Rich Daly July 26, 2018

Public Poll, Verma Reject Single-Payer

July 25—The administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) said she is likely to reject an expected single-payer proposal from California. Her position echoed the sentiments of a national poll released this week.

Rich Daly July 26, 2018