HFMA’s FastFinance helps busy healthcare finance leaders and investors quickly digest the latest news and trends. Through forward-leaning, on-point analysis, award-winning editor and journalist Rich Daly will help you tackle the issues at play within dense payment rules, financial reports, research, proposed policies, court decisions and other developments. Sign up for the Fast Finance newsletter at https://www.hfma.org/fast-finance/fastfinance-hfma-cfo-newsletter.

FastFinance with Rich Daly
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HFMA’s FastFinance helps busy healthcare finance leaders and investors quickly digest the latest news and trends. Through forward-leaning, on-point analysis, award-winning editor and journalist Rich Daly will help you tackle the issues at play within dense payment rules, financial reports, research, proposed policies, court decisions and other developments. Sign up for the Fast Finance newsletter at https://www.hfma.org/fast-finance/fastfinance-hfma-cfo-newsletter.
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Recent Episodes

July 29, 2026
July 29: Legal boost for federal 340B rebates; Medicaid provider tax reductions detailed
HFMA's FastFinance newsletter is now a podcast. Host Rich Daly discusses the most current and relevant healthcare news, delivered in an easily digestible format. A recent legal ruling underscored that federal officials have the right to approve 340B rebates, which could increase the likelihood of a federal pilot. Also, this week’s Weird Number: $10 million. That’s the maximum annual penalty for health plans that fail to meet pricing disclosure rules in the advancing Patients Deserve Price Tags Act. Other advancing legislation also would increase fines for hospitals that fail to meet pricing disclosure requirements. One More Thing: Learn details of a new rule implementing reductions in allowed Medicaid provider taxes. Not a FastFinance subscriber? Learn more here.

July 8, 2026
July 8: OPPS cuts; Nurse resistance to AI
HFMA's FastFinance newsletter is now a podcast. Host Rich Daly discusses the most current and relevant healthcare news, delivered in an easily digestible format. AI resistance by nurses is spreading nationwide but there are ways hospitals can use it to boost their productivity while minimizing opposition. Also, this week’s Weird Number: 66%. That’s the share of respondents to HFMA’s “Hospital of the Future” survey who said healthcare’s affordability challenge is a driving force for transformation. One More Thing: Learn the key changes in the OPPS proposed rule that could have the biggest financial impacts. Not a FastFinance subscriber? Learn more here.

June 24, 2026
June 24: AI in the ED, ACA plan pressure on providers
HFMA's FastFinance newsletter is now a podcast. Host Rich Daly discusses the most current and relevant healthcare news, delivered in an easily digestible format. An AI tool helped cut emergency department lengths of stay, a recent study found. That improvement demonstrates the technology’s potential to drive operational efficiency, says one of its authors. Also, this week’s Weird Number: 11%. That’s the amount of decrease in Medicare Part A payments to providers in 2033 when the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund is depleted, according to the latest projections by the Medicare trustees. One More Thing: Increasing financial vulnerability for ACA marketplace plans could hit providers through greater administrative restrictions. Not a FastFinance subscriber? Learn more here.
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