Tag: Medicaid

Health Policy and Economics

Medicare Advantage Growth: SNPs

Medicare Advantage special needs plans drive about 85% of net growth. See why insurers are pivoting, why rural counties lead, and what to watch in 2027…by Reginald Hislop III Medicare Advantage enrollment growth has slowed…

Health Policy and Economics

Wednesday Feature: Fraud Recap

Recent healthcare billing fraud cases show similar conduct moving across bill coding, DME, telemedicine, and product billing. Read the provider-level analysis….by Reginald Hislop, III Earlier this week I wrote about CMS barring eleven medical…

Home Health

Post Acute and Healthcare Reform “Now”

Healthcare reform is not a single bill. It is three separate changes moving through the federal system at once, and only one of them touches a skilled nursing facility’s day-to-day operations directly. Operators who treat…

CMS Staffing Rule Review After the Reversal

Policy and Politics - Federal

CMS Staffing Rule Review Post Reversal

CMS staffing rule review: what its reversal means for senior care quality, reimbursement, workforce policy, and operator strategy for 2026 nationwide….
Top Regulatory Compliance Risks in Healthcare

Home Health

Top Regulatory Compliance Risks in Healthcare

Top regulatory compliance risks are reshaping healthcare strategy. See where senior living and post-acute leaders face the greatest exposure this year….
Healthcare Private Equity Oversight Is Tightening

Assisted Living

Private Equity Oversight Is Tightening

Healthcare private equity oversight is changing deal risk, board governance, and accountability for providers, investors, and policymakers alike nationwide….

Health Policy and Economics

The Future of Healthcare Reimbursement Models

For years, healthcare operators have heard the same directive: move from volume to value. The future of healthcare reimbursement models, however, will not be settled by a slogan or a single CMS demonstration. It will…

How Reimbursement Cuts Affect Margins in Post-Acute Care

Health Policy and Economics

How Reimbursement Cuts Affect Margins

Medicare post-acute care (PAC) reimbursement is increasingly driven by stricter federal spending controls, closer Medicare Advantage (MA) utilization oversight, and limited rate increases. Current policy priorities center on value-based accountability, shifts to lower-intensity care settings,…

How Value Based Care Affects Healthcare Operators

Health Policy and Economics

The Impact of Value-Based Care

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…

CMS Withholds $1B in Medicaid Payments From CA, MN

Policy and Politics - Federal

CMS Defer $1B in Medicaid Payments to CA, MN

The report that CMS is withholding $1B in Medicaid payments from California and Minnesota is not merely another Washington-versus-state-capital political skirmish. It is a reminder that Medicaid is financed through a conditional partnership, and federal…

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Healthcare executive, consultant, and author covering post-acute care, senior living, and the economics behind both - for 30+ years.

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