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
Some health plans accelerate hospital payments to provide COVID-19 financial help
Some health plans are accelerating payment processing or offering advances to help stabilize hospitals strained by the effects of the ongoing pandemic.
Details released on how much each provider will receive from $30 billion in CARES funding
Hospitals should have begun receiving CARES Act funding April 10, but the funds require accepting specific terms.
Federal government sending $64 billion this week to providers for coronavirus costs
Hospitals should receive $64 billion in federal grants and loans by the end of this week to help with coronavirus treatment and preparation costs.
Coronavirus bill provides hospitals with $100 billion, other policy wins
Hospitals would garner $100 billion in funding support — as well as some desired policy tweaks — from a pending coronavirus stimulus package.
Hospitals seek legal cover amid their coronavirus responses
Hospitals are looking for more legal protections to help them improve their coronavirus care.
March 23-27: CMS webinars are among a proliferation of online-only events in healthcare finance
A complete listing of healthcare finance-related hearings, conferences, webinars, public forums and deadlines for the week of March 23.
Hospitals scramble for short-term commercial, federal loans in response to coronmavirus
Hospitals are looking for more short-term commercial loans and federal loans to bolster their responses to the coronavirus.
Coronavirus leaves hospital financing in flux
Hospital’s long-term financing efforts have been disrupted by the coronavirus driving investors away from such offerings, say advisers.
Hospitals face staffing ‘domino effect’ from the coronavirus outbreak, adviser says
The novel coronavirus and family demands are expected to stress hospital staffing levels in new ways.
Hospitals should increase capacity in response to the coronavirus, former HHS secretary says
Hospitals should prepare for an inpatient surge due to the novel coronavirus. Options include moving private rooms back to semiprivate status.