Episodios

  • Jan. 7: Hospital finances at heart of Texas v. Epic

    Jan. 7: Hospital finances at heart of Texas v. Epic
    Jan 7 2026
    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. A list of alleged financial harms against hospitals are at the heart of Texas' anticompetitive lawsuit again EHR vendor Epic. Learn why its details are required reading. Also, this week’s Weird Number: 40%. That’s how much higher the year-to-date bad debt and charity care per day are for hospitals compared to their year-to-date amount in 2022. One More Thing: HHS is appealing the recent pause from a federal judge of the 340B rebate model. Not a FastFinance subscriber? Learn more ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here.⁠⁠⁠⁠
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    6 m
  • Dec. 29, 2025: Looking ahead to 2026

    Dec. 29, 2025: Looking ahead to 2026
    Dec 29 2025
    Nick Hut and Shawn Stack discuss what's coming in healthcare in 2026 with Katie Gilfillan from HFMA's policy team.
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    20 m
  • Dec. 15, 2025: Breaking down key 2026 regulations for hospitals and physicians

    Dec. 15, 2025: Breaking down key 2026 regulations for hospitals and physicians
    Dec 15 2025
    HFMA policy director Katie Gilfillan joins Nick Hut and Shawn Stack as they discuss the Medicare physician fee schedule for 2026. Also in this episode, Nick and Shawn analyze the hospital OPPS Medicare payment update for 2026.
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    22 m
  • Dec. 10: Charity screening; 340B lawsuit

    Dec. 10: Charity screening; 340B lawsuit
    Dec 10 2025
    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. As states are increasingly requiring pre-screening patients for charity care, a recent industry outreach effort gauged hospital interest and approaches. Also, this week’s Weird Number: 500,000. That’s how many people quit their jobs in healthcare or social assistance in August—the latest month with a breakdown on that from the Labor Department. One More Thing: A new lawsuit seeks to stop the Jan. 1 launch of the 340B rebate model. Hospitals filed a lawsuit against the federal government Dec. 1, seeking to halt implementation of the planned 340B rebate model before it begins. Not a FastFinance subscriber? Learn more ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here.⁠⁠⁠⁠
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    8 m
  • Nov. 26: OPPS; Hospital efficiency

    Nov. 26: OPPS; Hospital efficiency
    Dec 3 2025
    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. Former hospital executives detail an approach that helped their organization improve quality while obtaining average commercial rates of 150% of Medicare. Also, this week’s Weird Number: $10 billion. The amount Medicare was expected to spend this year for provision of skin substitutes — one of the treatments on which a new prior authorization model will focus. One More Thing: Details of the recently issued hospital outpatient payment rule from Medicare, which carries significant financial ramifications. Not a FastFinance subscriber? Learn more ⁠⁠⁠⁠here.⁠⁠⁠
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    7 m
  • Introducing HiFi Health News: How to save on prescription drugs

    Introducing HiFi Health News: How to save on prescription drugs
    Dec 1 2025
    This week, we're sharing an episode of our patient-facing program, HiFi Health News. In this episode, host Erika Grotto talks with Ruchi Talwar, MD from Vanderbilt University Medical Center about how to save money on prescription drugs. For all of our content, subscribe to the HiFi Health News podcast on your favorite app, or see all our videos on YouTube.
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    13 m
  • Fast Finance: Direct contracting push

    Fast Finance: Direct contracting push
    Nov 18 2025
    Employers have a new data source that combines price, quality and safety data and was expected to fuel a renewed push on direct contracting. Also, this week’s Weird Number: 30%. Fewer than 30% of health systems earned significant ROI from most of their virtual care offerings, according to a recent survey of executives by Sage Growth Partners. One More Thing: Healthcare CFOs describe in an HFMA survey how they expect AI to change executive leadership at their organizations. Not a FastFinance subscriber? Learn more ⁠⁠⁠here.⁠⁠
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    7 m
  • Nov. 17, 2025: The shutdown is over, plus Aetna's update to a controversial payment policy

    Nov. 17, 2025: The shutdown is over, plus Aetna's update to a controversial payment policy
    Nov 17 2025
    Nick Hut and Shawn Stack sum up the latest in healthcare finance news.
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    19 m
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