Medicare Payment and Reimbursement

Coronavirus bill provides hospitals with $100 billion, other policy wins

Hospitals would garner $100 billion in funding support — as well as some desired policy tweaks — from a pending coronavirus stimulus package.

Rich Daly April 1, 2020

Hospitals seek legal cover amid their coronavirus responses

Hospitals are looking for more legal protections to help them improve their coronavirus care.

Rich Daly April 1, 2020

March 23-27: CMS webinars are among a proliferation of online-only events in healthcare finance

A complete listing of healthcare finance-related hearings, conferences, webinars, public forums and deadlines for the week of March 23.

Rich Daly April 1, 2020

Hospitals face staffing ‘domino effect’ from the coronavirus outbreak, adviser says

The novel coronavirus and family demands are expected to stress hospital staffing levels in new ways.

Rich Daly April 1, 2020

Hospitals should increase capacity in response to the coronavirus, former HHS secretary says

Hospitals should prepare for an inpatient surge due to the novel coronavirus. Options include moving private rooms back to semiprivate status.

Rich Daly April 1, 2020

National emergency declared, with hospital provisions included, in response to the coronavirus

President Donald Trump declared a national emergency, which will provide a range of funding and policies aimed at boosting hospital responsiveness to the spread of the coronavirus.

Rich Daly April 1, 2020

March 16-20: CMS deadlines approach amid ongoing cancellations of healthcare finance events

A complete listing of healthcare finance-related hearings, conferences, webinars, public forums and deadlines for the week of March 16.

Rich Daly April 1, 2020

March 9-13: HIMSS is among the first wave of cancellations to hit upcoming healthcare finance events

A complete listing of healthcare finance-related hearings, conferences, webinars, public forums and deadlines for the week of March 9.

Rich Daly April 1, 2020

Information-sharing rule creates new hospital, health plan transparency requirements

Hospitals and health plans will face new patient data transparency requirements in as soon as six months under two new final rules from the federal government.

Rich Daly March 11, 2020

How long will employers continue to tolerate healthcare cost growth in excess of inflation?

Employer frustration with high healthcare costs is translating into support for more aggressive governmental intervention in healthcare markets.

Chad Mulvany, FHFMA March 6, 2020
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