Monday, August 31, 2026 - Updated Daily
Monday, August 31, 2026 - Updated Daily
A life plan community can look stable from the outside – full campus, strong reputation, long wait list history, predictable monthly fees. Then interest rates move, labor costs stay elevated, refund obligations come due, and…
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 –…
When hospice enrollment spikes in markets with no matching rise in terminal illness, executives should not treat that as noise. Medicare hospice fraud is not a niche compliance issue buried in enforcement bulletins. It is…
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 hospice operator can absorb only so many moving targets at once. Wage pressure is still real, referral patterns remain fragile, and Medicare oversight is getting sharper, not softer. Against that backdrop, hospice regulatory changes…
A few weeks back, I wrote a post on the growing scrutiny private equity is receiving regarding ownership and investment in healthcare companies. That post is here Private Equity Ownership Scrutiny – Reg’s Blog At…
On December 29, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the inaugural state awards from the $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program CMS Announces $50 Billion in Awards to Strengthen Rural Health…
With both houses of Congress unable to codify some plan to address the evaporating premium supports under the ACA (COVID era addition), President Trump put forth his framework known as The Great Healthcare Plan. For…
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