Time to Stop “Calling it Reimbursement”
By JEFF GOLDSMITH Back during the Jurassic period, at the beginning of my consulting career,…
Time to Stop “Calling it Reimbursement”
By JEFF GOLDSMITH Back during the Jurassic period, at the beginning of my consulting career, senior colleagues at Ernst and Whinney took me to lunch to explain to the newby the facts of life in healthcare finance. The biggest takeaway from that long ago conversation: the entire history of hospital finance was built up on…
Investing in Community Health: A New Model for Safety-Net Healthcare Innovation
Launched last week, Facktor Ventures, an early-stage venture fund is taking a new approach to healthcare investing: they’re structured so that the organizations delivering care on the ground collectively become majority owners of the fund as limited partners. The post Investing in Community Health: A New Model for Safety-Net Healthcare Innovation appeared first on MedCity…
Shionogi Adds to Its Rare Disease Strategy With $2B IntraBio Acquisition
Shionogi’s IntraBio acquisition brings Aqneursa, a drug approved for treating two rare neurological disorders and the potential to expand to additional indications, both rare and common. It’s Shionogi’s second big rare disease move this year, following the acquisition of global rights to an amyotrophic lateral sclerosis drug from Tanabe Pharma. The post Shionogi Adds to…
CMS Finalizes Rules to Improve Healthcare Price and Coverage Transparency
The updated rules require health plans to publish clear, accessible pricing information
Is This A Healthcare Economy?
This analysis examines recent jobs growth in health care and how it compares to the rest of the economy. Health care employment has grown faster than other sectors of the economy, with jobs in physician offices, hospitals, outpatient care centers, home health, and other settings increasing over the past year even as the rest of…
As HHS Restores the LGBTQ 988 Suicide and Crisis Line Under Pressure From Congress, Questions Remain
988 is the federally mandated suicide and crisis line, overseen by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Between March 2023 and June 2025, and at the direction of Congress, 988 offered a specific service to meet the needs of LGBTQ young people. The service was ended under the Trump Administration in July…
Trump Administration Announces $90 Payments to Help Cover Medicare Part B Premiums
The Trump administration is issuing one-time $90 payments to more than 20 million Medicare beneficiaries to help cover Part B premiums, though the payments may do little to offset rising healthcare costs. The post Trump Administration Announces $90 Payments to Help Cover Medicare Part B Premiums appeared first on MedCity News.
Rural and Urban Health Center Patients and Financing
This brief reports on rural and urban health center patients and financing in 2025 using national data from the Uniform Data System (UDS) and examines potential impacts of recent federal policy changes.
When Prevention Isn’t Enough
This webinar explores how healthcare organizations can strengthen cyber resilience, prepare for disruption and keep patient care moving when critical systems go offline.
States’ Use of Program Integrity Tools in Medicaid Home Care
This issue brief provides new information about Medicaid home care program’s use of program integrity tools from KFF’s most recent survey of state Medicaid home care programs.
