Tag: Wednesday Feature

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…

Life Plan/CCRC

Life Plan Financial Health: Status and Outlook

Senior living is a long-duration business. A resident who moves into a Life Plan or CCRC community at the start of retirement may remain on the same campus for a decade or more, receiving everything…

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….
Managed Care Contracting Is Now a Margin Test

Health Policy and Economics

Managed Care Contracting Is a Margin Test

Managed care contracting now determines far more than a rate sheet. For post-acute and senior living leaders, it is a test of margin, access, and control….
Post Acute Care Compliance Checklist for 2026

Home Health

Post Acute Care Compliance Checklist for 2026

For years, and littered throughout this site, are pieces (and presentations) I have done on compliance. Some goodies are below. https://rhislop3.com/2023/09/07/five-quality-and-compliance-tips/ https://rhislop3.com/2018/11/16/the-real-impacts-of-poor-quality-inadequate-compliance-and-weak-risk-management/ https://rhislop3.com/2018/11/29/follow-up-real-impacts-of-poor-quality-and-lax-compliance/ https://rhislop3.com/2019/06/14/the-connection-between-quality-and-revenue/ The one major implication of solid (or not) compliance is the…

Health Policy and Economics

What CMS Medicare Regulatory Relief Signals

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…

Health Policy and Economics

Private Equity in Healthcare: What Changes Now

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…

Health Policy and Economics

Congress, Medicaid Subsidies – What’s Next

The Senate has approved a spending bill to keep the federal government running through January 30, though any decisions about extending the ACA enhanced premium tax credits have been postponed until December. Here are the…

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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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