BOISE (Idaho Capital Sun) – For years, Idaho state lawmakers have worried the federal government might cut Medicaid funds. That’s partly why the Legislature didn’t expand Medicaid to more low-income ...

After President Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act July 4, health systems are calculating the potential effects of the new law and preparing new strategies accordingly. The legislation ...

A North Carolina program incentivizing hospitals to relieve patients’ medical debts has cut more than $6.5 billion in accrued debts for more than 2.5 million people since launching last summer. The ...

The federal budget bill President Donald Trump signed Friday clamps down on so-called directed payment programs where hospitals pay special taxes to states to unlock much larger federal Medicaid ...

Executives leading the largest for-profit health systems — Tenet Healthcare, HCA Healthcare, Community Health Systems and Universal Health Services — addressed upcoming federal policy risks tied to ...

CMS launched the directed payments program in 2016. Georgia officials estimated the state will net $1 billion in federal funds this fiscal year for hospitals and other medical providers through its ...

Eight South Carolina nursing homes could be at risk of closure pending cuts to Medicaid outlined in the GOP’s “Big Beautiful Bill” which passed in July, according to a June Brown University School of ...

Hammons announced a tightened adjusted EBITDA range for full-year 2025 to $1.45 billion to $1.55 billion, citing softer volume growth and the impact of divestitures and new state-directed payment ...

Why did for-profit hospital systems blow past analysts’ expectations this quarter? Short answer—they got paid. Across the past week’s earnings statements and calls, executives outlined solid demand ...