by Jessica Casebolt | Apr 27, 2023 | Payers, Tea Leaves
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...
by Jessica Casebolt | Apr 27, 2023 | M&A, Tea Leaves
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...
by Jessica Casebolt | Apr 27, 2023 | D.C. News, Tea Leaves
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...
by Jessica Casebolt | Apr 27, 2023 | Access & Coverage, Tea Leaves
The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit Wednesday challenging Tennessee’s new law that bansgender-affirming care for minors, which is due to take effect on July 1. The DOJ argues in its court filingthat the legislation violates the Fourteenth...
by Jessica Casebolt | Apr 26, 2023 | Public Health/Prevention, Tea Leaves
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signed a trio of bills meant to address gun violence Tuesday, onebanning the sale of certain semi-automatic rifles, one imposing a 10-day waiting period on firearms purchases, and one clearing the way for lawsuits against gun makers or...
by Jessica Casebolt | Apr 26, 2023 | Providers, Tea Leaves
Newly announced limits on visas for foreign nurses threaten to further a staffing strain on hospitals, nursing homes, and other major health employers. The State Department, in its May Visa Bulletin, announced that nearly all the available green card slots that nurses...
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