Rich Daly
About the Author
Rich Daly is senior editor, policy affairs with HFMA, based in Alabama. His healthcare policy and finance reporting experience includes staff writer positions with Modern Healthcare and Congressional Quarterly (both focused on healthcare regulatory and legislative developments); editor-in-chief of 340B Report (the only news outlet focused on daily policy, legal, and business developments in the 340B program); and serving as a content director for Sg2/Vizient Inc (producing reports on financial pain points and solutions for health systems). He previously covered daily news for HFMA and wrote features for Healthcare Financial Management magazine, where his recognitions included the Stephen Barr Award (the only individual achievement award) from the American Society of Business Publication Editors.
Latest Work
CMS warns it may reject state-directed payments
CMS will now reject SDP submissions from states that fail to provide complete evaluation plans and demonstrate how the payments advance managed care quality goals.
Private equity ownership boosts hospital profitability through staff cuts
Private equity-acquired hospitals have been found to have improved financial results and survival rates, with decreased wage costs and increased profitability, but also decreased patient satisfaction and potential adverse surgical outcomes.
FastFinance: MA impact on hospital margins
HFMA’s FastFinance newsletter is now a podcast. Host Rich Daly discusses the most current and relevant healthcare news, delivered in an easily digestible format. MedPAC found increasing local Medicare Advantage enrollment had little effect on hospitals’ margins. But some have questioned those findings. Also, this week’s Weird Number: As many as one million patients fall…
Some commissioners question MedPAC finding of no MA margin impact
A recent analysis by Congress' Medicare advisers found that increasing shares of Medicare Advantage patients do not hurt hospital margins, but some commissioners have raised questions about the findings.
Employers seek strategies to control surging hospital costs
Employers are increasingly looking for ways to control hospital costs, such as using centers of excellence, site of care redirection, and direct contracting, as well as pushing for federal policy changes, in response to projected 2026 cost increases of nearly 10%.
CMS broadens access to catastrophic plans
The CMS has expanded access to catastrophic individual healthcare coverage to enrollees of any age who meet certain income criteria, providing financial protection against serious illness or injury.
CMS implements policies to cut $50 billion in federal healthcare spending
CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz has implemented policies estimated to cut over $50 billion in federal spending on Medicaid and Medicare, through tightening oversight of enrollment in the ACA plans, closing a loophole states used to garner federal matching funds for Medicaid, and other initiatives.
FastFinance: Medicare enrollees’ drug costs spike
HFMA’s FastFinance newsletter is now a podcast. Host Rich Daly discusses the most current and relevant healthcare news, delivered in an easily digestible format. Medicare enrollees’ out-of-pocket drug costs have jumped this year, according to recent research. Learn what effects researchers expect. Also, this week’s Weird Number: 95% of business leaders expect no measurable business…
Small hospitals take biggest hit in Medicare bad debt pay cut
Small, rural, critical access hospitals (CAHs) would be disproportionately affected by proposed cuts to Medicare bad debt payments, which could save the federal government $42 billion over 10 years.
IRA drives ‘substantial’ out-of-pocket cost increases
The Medicare drug negotiation law has resulted in increased out-of-pocket costs for many Medicaid enrollees, as Part D plans have responded to the IRA changes by increasing deductibles and medication cost sharing.