Accounting & Financial Management
PBM provision, silver loading left out of final version of One Big Beautiful Bill Act due to Byrd Rule.
CMS is proposing 6.4% decrease in home health payments for 2026, representing a $50M headwind, says financial analyst.
The policy would have prevented PBMs from having their compensation linked to the list price of medications.
Fund will fall short of addressing other bill provisions such as provider tax cuts, says National Rural Health Association.
Medicare expects to pay $6.9 billion to about 7,600 end-stage renal disease facilities, the agency says.
Almost three-quarters of respondents say they're concerned specifically about revenue growth and operating profitability.
The penalty for non-compliance is the loss of tax-exempt status for a not-for-profit hospital for a year, says Hal Andrews, CEO of Trilliant Health.
To achieve its goal, Humana told investors it's set several targets, including increasing preventative care visits by 20% this year.
The American Public Health Association and others challenged the cancellation of the research grants that funded biomedical research.