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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June 10, 2026
June 10: Provider plan challenges; Digital remote triage
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. Hospitals and health systems have launched an increasing number of health plans in recent years and now they need major re-assessments amid pressure facing all payers. Also, this week’s Weird Number: 2.3 million. That’s the number of Medicaid enrollees CMS projected will leave the program in FY27 due to requirements that able-bodied adult beneficiaries ages complete at least 80 hours per month of work, volunteering, job training, or education. One More Thing: One health system is pioneering digital triage to reduce unnecessary visits of low-acuity patients to the over-crowded emergency departments. Not a FastFinance subscriber? Learn more here.
May 27, 2026
May 27: Patient collections trends; state-directed payment cuts
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. Hospitals and health systems have improved their front-end patient collections over the last year. But back-end collections are faltering. Also, this week’s Weird Number: $1.3 billion. That’s the amount of Medicaid funding CMS announced it was withholding from California as part of the Trump administration’s ongoing healthcare fraud crackdown. One More Thing: A new rule implementing cuts to Medicaid state-directed payments will cut much more than previously projected under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Not a FastFinance subscriber? Learn more here.
May 13, 2026
May 13: MA trends and opportunities, state price caps
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. Hospitals and health systems may have some opportunities ahead to improve their results in Medicare Advantage. Also, this week’s Weird Number: $3.8 billion. That's the total drop in Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule Medicare payments from 2018 to 2020, according to estimates from the American Clinical Lab Association. One More Thing: One driver of the proliferation of hospital price cap laws in states is research on existing laws. Not a FastFinance subscriber? Learn more here.
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