HFMA’s Voices in Healthcare Finance

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HFMA’s Voices in Healthcare Finance episodes

August 19, 2025 FastFinance: The Podcast
HFMA's popular FastFinance newsletter is now a podcast. Host Rich Daly discusses the most current and relevant healthcare news in a quick, digestible format. In this episode:
Hospitals’ financial performance continues to improve this
year, but expense trends are worrying, according to an industry tracker. Learnwhat spending is driving expenses.
Also, this week’s Weird Number: One million people have
recently lost their primary care physician in one state.
One More Thing to know is that hospitals and health systems
are expected to markedly improve their finances ahead of 2027 federal Medicaid
cuts.

6 min
August 11, 2025 Price transparency in the OPPS proposed rule, plus the IPPS final rule
Nick Hut and Shawn Stack discuss OPPS and IPPS, and Aaron Shimoff from Athena Health discusses how to stay on course in an ever-changing healthcare landscape.
24 min
July 28, 2025 Why this year's Medicare proposed rule for OPPS could have a big impact
Nick Hut and Shawn Stack talk about the 2026 Medicare proposed rule for the Outpatient Prospective Payment System and why it could have a more significant impact on hospitals than rules from previous years. Also in this episode, Aneal Gadgil from Abridge discusses clinical documentation and coding.
25 min
July 14, 2025 Trump's big bill's beauty is in the eye of the beholder
HFMA Senior Editor Nick Hut talks with policy directors Shawn Stack and Andrew Donahue about the hospital impact of the Big Beautiful Bill. Garett Jackson from Intuitive Health talks about a hybrid emergency department/urgent care model to cut down on ED overuse.
24 min
June 16, 2025 HHS restructuring and the federal budget
HFMA's Nick Hut and Shawn Stack talk about the latest from Washington.
19 min
June 02, 2025 Vendor and staffing management, plus the latest in budget reconciliation
Danelle Newman from OSS Health discusses how to strike a balance in vendor and staffing management. Also in this episode, HFMA Senior Editor Rich Daly talks with HFMA Policy Director Shawn Stack about the House-passed reconciliation package.
18 min
May 05, 2025 What DOGE's actions mean for U.S. healthcare
HFMA Senior Editor Rich Daly talks about his hfm cover story about DOGE and the healthcare industry. HFMA's Nick Hut and Shawn Stack talk about the 340B drug pricing program.
23 min
April 21, 2025 The IPPS proposed rule, and tackling charge capture issues
Nick Hut and Shawn Stack discuss the proposed rule for the Inpatient Prospective Payment System. Later, Taylor Searfoss, a vice president at Ni2, an Infinx company, discusses challenges in charge capture.
20 min
April 07, 2025 How DOGE will change HHS
Nick Hut and Shawn Stack discuss cuts to the Dept. of Health and Human Services and what they could mean for patients and providers.
20 min
March 24, 2025 Dr. Oz and CMS, plus HFMA's new Fast Finance newsletter
Nick Hut and Shawn Stack discuss the confirmation hearing of Mehmet Oz for CMS administrator. Also, Brad Dennison and Rich Daly from HFMA's editorial team talk about the new Fast Finance newsletter.

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