Latest HHS provider relief fund FAQs offer insight into what’s permissible under the Sept. 19 reporting requirements
HFMA's Chad Mulvany says due to HHS's whipsaw approach to the provider relief fund FAQs and guidance, any clarity to be derived from the Phase 3 application instructions and FAQs needs to be considered with a measure of caution.
More Medicaid programs are planning inpatient hospital payment cuts
States are moving to cut their Medicaid inpatient hospital rates amid the pandemic and its more than 400,000 hospitalizations.
Hospitals get relaxed Medicare repayment terms, short delay of DSH cut in federal funding bill
Hospitals will get some flexibility in the repayment of Medicare advance payment loans and a delay in uncompensated-care payment cuts under a new federal funding law.
Major insurers roll back no-cost sharing telehealth services
HFMA's Chad Mulvany says patients who received a surprise bill for a telehealth visit will likely blame the provider.
Hospitals to lose Medicare, Medicaid access in 14 weeks if they don’t meet daily reporting requirements
Hospitals will have 14 weeks to meet daily data-reporting requirements related to COVID-19 and the flu or face termination from Medicare and Medicaid.
CMS drops MFAR, launches Medicaid value-based payment push
CMS drops MFAR, launches Medicaid value-based payment push.
What can healthcare providers expect now that a COVID-19 relief package failed a procedural vote in the Senate
HFMA's Chad Mulvany says it’s not surprising the GOP's COVID-19 relief measure failed, given the package was negotiated without input from Democrats.
As states tweak Medicaid programs, enrollment increases fall far short of job losses
Medicaid enrollment increases have lagged far behind unemployment increases but are still pressuring states facing a budget squeeze during the recession.
Pandemic increases pressures for rural hospitals struggling pre-COVID-19
HFMA's Chad Mulvany says weakened rural providers will likely seek to align more closely or be acquired by a larger healthcare system or merge with one another to gain economies of scale.
CARES Act Provider Relief Fund FAQs undergo another update as of August 14
HFMA's Chad Mulvany recommends healthcare leaders who think their organizations qualify for Phase 2 General Distributions review the FAQs.