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CNO
Doulas, Once a Luxury, Are Increasingly Covered by Medicaid — Even in GOP States
Even as states brace for Medicaid cuts, legislatures across the country are passing laws that grant doula access to beneficiaries.
CEO
How Novant Health Is Tackling Rising Costs Without Compromising Mission
Nonprofit hospitals are particularly under duress to remain financially viable, says Novant Health?s COO.
Payer
States Brace for Reversal of Obamacare Coverage Gains Under Trump's Budget Bill
The moves affect consumers and have particular resonance for the 19 states (plus Washington, D.C.) that run their own ACA...
CMO
Feds Investigate Hospitals Over Religious Exemptions from Gender-Affirming Care
It's the first time HHS has explicitly claimed that the Church Amendments 'allow providers to refuse gender-affirming care or to...
Payer
Analysis: To Cut Medicaid, the GOP's Following a Path Often Used to Expand Healthcare
The budget reconciliation process is how nearly every major piece of health legislation has passed Congress since the 1980s.
Innovation
If You Can't Get to the Doctor, the Doctor Will Come to You
A fleet of planes is just one way that Driscoll Children's Hospital makes sure its patients (and their families) get...
Innovation
Defining the Benefits of the Hospital at Home Strategy
In this week's The Winning Edge webinar, executives from three leading health systems discussed how the platform improves clinical outcomes,...
Innovation
Best Buy Sells Current Health, Pivoting Away From Hospital at Home
The announcement speaks to a subtle shift in the Hospital at Home strategy, and an understanding that care needs to...
Innovation
Why the Hospital at Home Concept Won't Be Going Away
Executives from three health systems taking part in this week's The Winning Edge webinar say the strategy is reducing hospitalizations...
Payer
Federal Proposals Threaten Provider Taxes, Key Source of Medicaid Funding for States
Although it's unclear how much states could lose, the revenue up for grabs is big.
Technology
Trump Team's Reworking Delays Billions in Broadband Build-Out
The delay leaves millions of rural Americans stranded in places where health care is hard to access and telehealth is...
CFO
What's Cooking at HFMA This Year
As the HFMA annual conference kicks off in Denver, CFOs are preparing to tackle urgent financial, regulatory, and ethical challenges.