Thursday, September 3, 2026 - Updated Daily
Thursday, September 3, 2026 - Updated Daily
The practical question is not whether value-based care affects operators. It already does. The more consequential question is whether an organization recognizes the change early enough to redesign how it manages referrals, clinical performance, workforce…
A hospital can fill beds, a skilled nursing facility can maintain census, and a physician group can increase visits while the broader system still produces avoidable cost and uneven outcomes. That is the central tension…
Rural providers are being asked to preserve access with urban-level expectations and far thinner margins. That is the core tension any rural health transformation program must confront. For hospitals, post-acute operators, clinics, and community-based organizations…
Earlier this year, in January, I wrote a piece on the start of site-neutral payments via a CMS final rule tied to the Outpatient PPS (OPPS). This post is a follow-up of sorts to the…
The most consequential healthcare economics trends 2026 will not be driven by a single law, rate update, or election headline. They will come from the collision of four forces that now define the sector –…
CMS did not put out the View Rule as a routine paperwork exercise. For operators already carrying margin pressure, survey exposure, labor inflation, and reimbursement uncertainty, this request for information is a signal. It suggests CMS is…
Washington rarely changes healthcare overnight. It changes incentives first, then scrutiny, then payment. For operators across senior living, post-acute care, home health, hospice, and the broader provider landscape, that is why federal healthcare policy updates…
Every year, the release of Medicare insolvency projections triggers a familiar cycle: headlines warn that Medicare is running out of money, advocates insist benefits are safe, and operators are left sorting politics from payment reality….
Private equity in healthcare is no longer a niche financing story. It is now a governance story, a labor story, a reimbursement story, and increasingly a political story. For operators and investors alike, the real…
A home health agency can miss its numbers for a quarter and recover. It can miss a key compliance signal and spend the next year dealing with repayments, audits, and reputational damage. That is why…
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