Episodios

  • FY '26 budget proposals, Medicare cuts and more

    FY '26 budget proposals, Medicare cuts and more
    Sep 8 2025
    HFMA's Nick Hut and Shawn Stack discuss the latest in healthcare finance news.
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    17 m
  • FastFinance: Medicare enrollees' drug costs spike

    FastFinance: Medicare enrollees' drug costs spike
    Sep 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. 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 return from their AI pilot programs. One More Thing: Learn which hospitals are most vulnerable to proposed cuts in Medicare bad debt payments. Not a FastFinance subscriber? Learn more here.
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    6 m
  • Rethinking rev cycle, plus the 2026 Medicare proposed rule on physician fee schedule

    Rethinking rev cycle, plus the 2026 Medicare proposed rule on physician fee schedule
    Aug 25 2025
    Mayank Pant from IKS Health talks about why healthcare organizations haven't been able to overcome longstanding challenges, and Nick Hut talks with HFMA Policy Director Katie Gilfillan about the 2026 Medicare Proposed Rule on physician fee schedule.
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    20 m
  • FastFinance: The Podcast

    FastFinance: The Podcast
    Aug 19 2025
    HFMA's popular FastFinance newsletter is now a podcast. Host Rich Daly discusses the most current and relevant healthcare news in a quick, digestible format. In this episode: Hospitals’ financial performance continues to improve this year, but expense trends are worrying, according to an industry tracker. Learnwhat spending is driving expenses. Also, this week’s Weird Number: One million people have recently lost their primary care physician in one state. One More Thing to know is that hospitals and health systems are expected to markedly improve their finances ahead of 2027 federal Medicaid cuts.
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    5 m
  • Price transparency in the OPPS proposed rule, plus the IPPS final rule

    Price transparency in the OPPS proposed rule, plus the IPPS final rule
    Aug 11 2025
    Nick Hut and Shawn Stack discuss OPPS and IPPS, and Aaron Shimoff from Athena Health discusses how to stay on course in an ever-changing healthcare landscape.
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    23 m
  • Why this year's Medicare proposed rule for OPPS could have a big impact

    Why this year's Medicare proposed rule for OPPS could have a big impact
    Jul 28 2025
    Nick Hut and Shawn Stack talk about the 2026 Medicare proposed rule for the Outpatient Prospective Payment System and why it could have a more significant impact on hospitals than rules from previous years. Also in this episode, Aneal Gadgil from Abridge discusses clinical documentation and coding.
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    24 m
  • Trump's big bill's beauty is in the eye of the beholder

    Trump's big bill's beauty is in the eye of the beholder
    Jul 14 2025
    HFMA Senior Editor Nick Hut talks with policy directors Shawn Stack and Andrew Donahue about the hospital impact of the Big Beautiful Bill. Garett Jackson from Intuitive Health talks about a hybrid emergency department/urgent care model to cut down on ED overuse.
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    23 m
  • HHS restructuring and the federal budget

    HHS restructuring and the federal budget
    Jun 16 2025
    HFMA's Nick Hut and Shawn Stack talk about the latest from Washington.
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    18 m