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CMS ends Medicaid coverage of gender-affirming care for minors
Federal Medicaid funding no longer will be available to cover gender-affirming healthcare for minors, according to a CMS final rule issued Aug. 11. The rule blocks Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) federal matching funds from reimbur
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CMS proposes new 340B reporting and HOPD attestation requirements
Recently published editions of two annual Medicare proposed rules both included provisions creating new administrative tasks for hospitals. CMS's proposed rule for hospital outpatient care would formalize a system of required attestation for off-campus ho
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CY 2027 Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Specialty Impact Tables
This spreadsheet reflects a detailed specialty impact analyses based on the 2027 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule (CMS-1848-P). It includes information on almost all of the designated Medicare specialties (almost 90 specialties) and the assoc
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FastFinance: Capex trends; new 340B bill
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. Hospital and health system capital expenditures in fiscal 2025 reached their highest since th
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FY 2027 Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities PPS Final Rule Summary
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the fiscal year (FY) 2027 Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities (IPF) Prospective Payment System (PPS) final rule (CMS-1847-F) on July 29, 2026. The final rule was published in the July 31, 2026, Fede
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FY 2027 Hospice Payment Rate Update Final Rule Summary
On August 3, 2026, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published in the Federal Register (91 FR 49118) a final rule updating the Medicare hospice payment rates, wage index and Hospital Quality Reporting Program (HQRP) for FY 2027. This fina
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FY 2027 Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Final Rule Summary
On July 31, 2026, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published in the Federal Register (91 FR 48588) a final rule updating for fiscal year (FY) 2027 the Medicare skilled nursing facility (SNF) payment rates, SNF Quality Reporting Program (
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Medicaid Indirect Hold Harmless Threshold Proposed Rule Summary
On July 23, 2026, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published in the Federal Register (91 FR 46562) a proposed rule to revise standards for determining whether an indirect hold harmless arrangement exists for a health care-related tax (so
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FY 2027 Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS Final Rule Summary
On August 3, 2026, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published on the Federal Register website a final rule (CMS-1845-F) to update the Medicare inpatient rehabilitation facility prospective payment system (IRF PPS) for federal fiscal year
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Capex surges to highest since 2008
Hospital and health system capital expenditures in fiscal 2025 reached their highest since the start of the financial crisis in 2008, according to Fitch Ratings Capital expenditure (capex) as a percentage of depreciation expense surged to 142.7% in fiscal
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