Why Rural Health Transformation Matters
A rural health transformation program can stabilize access, align payment, and reshape care delivery for providers facing margin and workforce strain.
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Post Acute Care Compliance Checklist for 2026
Use this post acute care compliance checklist to align governance, billing, quality, referrals, privacy, and audit readiness across your organization.
Update on Medicare Site-Neutral Payments
A guide to Medicare site-neutral payments for healthcare leaders: the policy, financial exposure, and operating decisions that could reshape care delivery.
7 Top Healthcare Policy Risks 2026
A sharp look at top healthcare policy risks 2026, from Medicare cuts and MA scrutiny to labor, oversight, and capital pressure.
What CMS Medicare Regulatory Relief Signals
What the https://www.cms.gov/medicare-regulatory-relief-rfi means for providers, operators, and investors facing Medicare policy pressure.
Post Acute Care Strategy That Holds Up
A strong post acute care strategy aligns referrals, reimbursement, data, and risk so operators can compete under Medicare pressure and tighter scrutiny.
Private Equity Ownership Scrutiny
Private equity investment and ownership in healthcare businesses has been a frequent topic in the news, with coverage largely focusing on negative aspects of private equity’s involvement and engagement in this sector. Recent Legal and Regulatory Developments One notable case highlighting concerns about private equity’s role in healthcare occurred in Sacramento County. A jury awarded … Read more
Site Neutral Payments Kick-0ff!
As of January 1, 2026, the scope of Medicare’s site-neutral payment policy expands to include drug administration services—such as chemotherapy and other infused therapies—furnished in excepted (grandfathered) off-campus provider-based departments (PBDs) of hospitals. Under the CY 2026 OPPS final rule published by CMS: CY 2026 OPPS and Ambulatory Surgical Center Final Rule – Hospital Price … Read more
Hospital-at-Home Waiver Ended – What Next?
Last week, I wrote a couple of posts regarding Medicaid, the Affordable Care Act/insurance premium subsidies and the government shutdown. The second of the two posts contained a quick summary of the shutdown impact on Hospital-at-Home programs. https://rhislop3.com/shutdown-is-over-the-pieces/ This post elaborates further on the Hospital-at-Home program, the end of the waiver, the end of the … Read more
Rural Healthcare Under Intense Pressure
According to a Feb. 11 report by Chartis, 432 rural hospitals are at risk of closure. Chartis analyzed 15 indicators and identified 10 significant predictors, including Medicaid expansion status, average length of stay, occupancy, changes in net patient revenue, and years of negative operating margin. The full report is available here: CCRH WP – 2025 … Read more