Hospitals

Our in-brief roundup of notable healthcare and life sciences stories from the last two weeks.

The American Hospital Association warns against accelerating clawbacks and reducing reimbursements under CMS’s 2027 OPPS rule.

Major changes to physician payment, quality reporting, and accountable care in Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ 2027 proposed rule.

The Ways & Means markup pushes new transparency, reporting, and oversight rules as hospitals and insurers warn of compliance burdens.

Regulators are intensifying efforts to enforce information-blocking rules with potential penalties as high as $1m, in a move to increase transparency and interoperability in healthcare.

The state’s new law reflects growing national concern that deals and short-term financial pressures may threaten care quality and provider stability.

The drug maker says data about individual transactions, including patient, provider, service, and payment details, is needed to meet obligations under the Inflation Reduction Act.

A demand to turn over a clinical-level data mandate in less than a week has roiled the sector, raising alarms about access to 340B discounts and the future of the safety net program.