The Role of Immigrants in the U.S. Health Care Workforce
Introduction The Trump administration has made policy changes to restrict immigration into the U.S., including efforts to end Temporary Protected...
Medicaid Mental Health and Substance Use: Expansion Trends and the Fiscal Pressure Ahead
Medicaid is a major source of financing for mental health and substance use disorder care. It covers nearly one-third of...
CMS proposes 2.4% hospital pay increase, mandatory model rollout
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has proposed a 2.4% payment rate bump for inpatient services for fiscal year...
Hospitals want Congress to refine long-term care hospital pay
Hospital associations have laid out their policy wish list for Congress regarding long-term care hospitals (LTCH), calling for refinements to...
A Look at Nursing Facility Characteristics in 2025
The 2025 reconciliation law could have major implications for nearly 15,000 federally certified nursing facilities and the more than 1.2 million...
5 Key Facts about Medicaid’s Share of National Health Spending
Medicaid, as the primary program providing comprehensive coverage of health care and long-term services and supports to about 80 million low-income people...
House budget plan advances, paving way for major Medicaid cuts
A House budget framework that calls for hundreds of billions of dollars in cuts to Medicaid has passed on the...
AI startup that predicts long-term care needs snags $7M
Waterlily, a startup that aims to predict long-term care needs using artificial intelligence, secured $7 million in seed funding. The...
