ARDT (US)

Medicare’s final FY26 payment regulations for inpatient hospitals [HCA, THC, CYH, ARDT, UHS, MPW, municipal bond-backed facilities], long-term care hospitals (LTCHs) [SEM, Kindred], and skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) [ENSG, PACS, Providence] with implications for their post-acute…

While exchange insurers (OSCR, CNC, ELV) and hospitals (THC, CYH, ARDT, UHS, HCA) try to figure out their  Obamacare businesses for next year with the various regulatory and reconciliation-related changes leading to anticipated enrollment declines…

Hospitals [CYH, ARDT, UHS, THC, HCA] were on the losing end of the stick under CMS’s proposed CY26 Medicare reimbursement rule for hospital outpatient departments (HOPDs) and ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) for a variety of…

While we still agree with consensus about the negative bias towards hospitals and Medicaid insurers from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBA) signed into law last Friday, we note a few tweaks in the…

Amidst the behind-the-scenes Senate debate of its draft reconciliation bill, CMS made good on its threat to jettison improper and fraudulent Obamacare enrollment, impacting ACA insurers [OSCR, CNC, ELV, MOH] and hospitals / behavioral facilities…

The Senate Finance Committee’s (SFC) draft healthcare and tax portion of the reconciliation bill makes some changes, relative to the House-passed measure, but is overall consistent with that version, with the implications being lower Medicaid…

A new complication has arisen for hospitals [HCA, THC, CYH, ARDT, UHS, non-profit / municipally-backed facilities] – and to a lesser extent nursing homes, behavioral providers, and certain physicians – in the debate over payment…

Yesterday’s news reports that Senate Republicans are considering and discussing Medicare savings policies to add to the reconciliation bill for lowering the overall deficit and/or filling any potential hole from softening some of the House’s…

As we await the Senate’s likely release of its reconciliation measure over the next week or so, we continue to expect the upper chamber to smooth the edges around some of the House-passed reconciliation bill’s…

As we head into this weekend, below are our latest thoughts on the healthcare components of the reconciliation bill and where things stand and what changes may be in store. This afternoon’s sidelining of the…