Thursday, April 27, 2023: Payers

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is strengthening enforcement of its hospital transparency rule by imposing stricter timelines and levying fines more quickly, the agency announced Wednesday. Hospital compliance with the requirement that they publicly...

Thursday, April 27, 2023: M&A

Kaiser Permanente is acquiring 10-hospital Geisinger Health in a deal described as the first step toward a new multisystem value-based care organization, according to a Wednesday announcement. That new entity, called Risant Health, will be a nonprofit organization...

Thursday, April 27, 2023: D.C. News

Yesterday, House Republicans passed the debt ceiling bill, which pushes work requirements for millions receiving Medicaid and food stamps. The supporters of the bill see work requirements as serving two purposes, allowing reduced government spending while bolstering...