UHS (US)

We expect the Senate to pass the reconciliation bill within the next 24 hours, despite the current reconciliation drama (parliamentarian rulings, CBO projection of deficits post-2034, Senator Thom Tillis’s (R-NC) retirement announcement, House member opposition,…

The sizable hole left by the Senate parliamentarian decisions on various Medicaid and Obamacare provisions, which were reported this morning by Senate democrats (here and here) injects uncertainty for hospitals, Obamacare insurers, Medicaid managed care,…

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…

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…

The House Energy & Commerce Committee’s (E&C) reconciliation draft (text and summary) seems to largely align with our expectations regarding cuts / risks in Medicaid, Obamacare, and pharmacy benefit managers (PBM).  While there were still…

A week away from an anticipated House Energy and Commerce committee (E&C) hearing – and whose timing could easily slip – we do not see any release of pressure on Medicaid insurers [CNC, MOH, ELV,…

Today’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) posting that it is reviewing a proposed CMS regulation about appropriate use of Medicaid provider taxes offers too little information to appropriately size the threat to hospitals (UHS,…

President Trump’s executive order (EO) on biopharma yesterday suggests the hospital sector is a larger target than administration officials have let on to date and seems to proffer more substance about additional ways to garner…

We do not see any let-up any time soon on policy-related headwinds confronting hospitals [ARDT, CYH, HCA, THC, UHS, municipal-backed systems] as Congress hunts for palatable reconciliation savings. While many of the circulated Medicaid ideas,…

We lean against yesterday’s OMB directive for temporarily pausing federal funding for grants, loans and programs applying largely to Medicaid’s payments to the states for Medicaid insurers (CNC, MOH, ELV, UNH, CVS) or for reimbursements…