Healthcare Headlines from the Hill: October Edition
October 29, 2025
Stay ahead of the latest regulatory shifts and healthcare breaking news with Headlines from the Hill.
Stay ahead of the latest regulatory shifts and healthcare breaking news with Headlines from the Hill.
The post-acute landscape, especially inpatient rehabilitation, continues to rapidly grow and transform. For hospital leaders striving for peak operational efficiency, improved patient outcomes and strong financial health, staying ahead of emerging trends is crucial. Discover 3 trends currently shaping the inpatient rehabilitation landscape for hospitals and how strategic partnerships can empower...
Stay ahead of the latest regulatory shifts and healthcare breaking news with Headlines from the Hill. In this month’s edition you will find: Rural Health Transformation Program: CMS issues Notice of Funding Opportunity. The Rural Hospital Stabilization Program: 8 hospitals selected. Nurse workforce: Legislation proposed to review certain grants. Rural Health Transformation Program: CMS issues...
Research shows that nearly 50% of all acute care discharges nationwide go to a post-acute setting.1 To prevent readmissions and control costs, it is critical for patients to have access to the right post-acute care. One setting that continues to see substantial growth across the care continuum is inpatient rehabilitation. Inpatient...
Now more than ever, integrating behavioral health into a hospital’s core operations has become critical for not only a patient’s well-being and outcomes, but also the financial stability of the overall hospital.
Partnering with Lifepoint Health expanded both the acute care rehabilitation and behavioral health services, ultimately improving care quality and outcomes for Tampa General Hospital (TGH). Through this, TGH is now able to provide the community with two new state-of-the-art facilities, specialized expertise and aligned values. The rehab challenge TGH’s original acute rehab...
Stay ahead of the latest regulatory shifts and healthcare breaking news with Headlines from the Hill.
Hospitals and health systems spent nearly $20 billion in 2022 appealing denied claims.1 As denial rates continue to rise – averaging a 3% increase annually – hospitals are having to expend extra labor, resources and finances, ultimately impacting patient’s access to timely, critical care.2
The growing disparity between community need for psychiatric beds and limited resources forces behavioral health patients to turn to emergency departments (EDs) as a solution. These acute settings, however, are ill-equipped for specialized behavioral health needs, leading to ED operational strain through overwhelming admissions, bed shortages and ineffective treatment.
The healthcare landscape is shifting, as more hospitals face significant surges in patient volume, driven largely by an aging population with chronic conditions. If hospital priorities are not effectively changed, this growing patient population will have a major impact on care delivery, length of stay (LOS), bed capacity and readmission...