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January 22, 2025

[OSCR, CNC, HCA, THC, WELL] Optimistic on ACA Subsidies, But Watching Other Risks

By Beth Steindecker

While investors in insurers and providers seem most concerned about the fate of the expiring enhanced ACA subsidies, which we still expect to be revised but ultimately extended later this year, other – albeit smaller…

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January 17, 2025

MedPAC Provider Recs Likely to Be Ignored in Favor of Savings Targets Like Site Neutrality, Medicaid, Rule Repeals

By Beth Steindecker

We doubt Medicare Payment Advisory Commission’s (MedPAC) FY/CY26 Medicare payment recommendations for home health agencies, inpatient rehab facilities, skilled nursing facilities, hospices, dialysis centers, hospitals, and physician offices, which were voted on Thursday in nearly…

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January 8, 2025

Conference Policy Prep Pack: Healthcare Providers & Insurers

By Beth Steindecker

With a handful of healthcare provider and insurance companies headed to San Francisco next week for a key investor conference, below we provide a set of significant policy-related questions we would like to see management teams address…

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November 4, 2024

Hospitals, ASCs, Physicians: Final CY25 Medicare Regs – Some Improvement, Some Disappointment, But Still Meeting Overall Expectations

By Beth Steindecker

Key Takeaways: CMS largely met reimbursement and policy expectations with its CY25 final Medicare payment rules for hospital outpatient departments (HOPDs), ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) and physician firms. This is despite the improvement, relative to…

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October 25, 2024

[THC, HCA, SGRY] Are the Winds of Medicare Site Neutrality Blowing Again?

By Beth Steindecker

Key Takeaways: The need for legislative savings to offset healthcare extenders during the lame duck puts a target on hospital outpatient departments (HOPDs) and ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs). While we doubt Congress will slash operators’…

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