News Briefs
Tariffs May Impact Hospice Mergers and Acquisitions Activity
Tariffs being implemented by the Trump administration could have a dampening effect on an already slumping hospice mergers and acquisitions market. These uncertainties arise at a time when hospice M&A is undergoing a slowdown.
(Source: Hospice News, 2025-07-11)
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Health Players Shift Strategies Amid Changing Federal Regulations
Hospitals, health systems, and physician practices are shifting their operational and financial strategies in the face of rapidly changing federal regulations. Most healthcare delivery organizations (86 percent) have contingencies in place -- some are scaling back services and restructuring their workforce, while others are expanding high-reimbursement lines, according to a KLAS Research survey.
(Source: FierceHealthcare, 2025-07-11)
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IPOs for Digital Health Industry Starting to Pick Up
The digital health industry has had an eventful 2025 so far, with two buzzy IPOs foreshadowing a potential new season of growth. The success of digital health IPOs has provided a much-needed boost amid a post-pandemic downturn. But experts note that market conditions may prove challenging for digital health companies that are not able to identify and align with rapidly evolving trends and investor sentiment.
(Source: TechTarget, 2025-07-11)
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Home-Based Care Companies Expanding Into New Service Areas
Industry experts suggest that home-based care companies will expand into new service areas by acquiring other businesses with complementary offerings. As this trend toward future acquisitions continues to grow, certain factors frequently make a company a more attractive target.
(Source: Home Health Care News, 2025-07-08)
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Hospitals Prepare for Impact from Medicaid Cuts in Spending Bill
Hospitals are bracing for the impact from the Medicaid cuts in President Trump's sweeping spending and tax cut law. While most of the cuts won’t happen immediately, rural facilities, in particular, say they likely will have to make difficult financial decisions about which services they can afford to keep and which may need to be cut.
(Source: The Hill, 2025-07-13)
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Insurers Object to State Laws on Surprise Ambulance Bills
When an ambulance company charges more than an insurer is willing to pay, patients can be left with a big bill they probably had no choice in. States are trying to fill a gap left by the federal No Surprises Act, which covers air ambulances but not ground services, including ambulances that travel by road and water.
(Source: KFF Health News, 2025-07-09)
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Digital Health Startups Raised $6.5 Billion in First Half of 2025
Digital health startups raked in more venture capital funding in the first half of the year, signaling the market is stabilizing following pandemic-era investment volatility, according to a report by Rock Health. U.S.-based digital health companies raised $6.4 billion in the first half of 2025, increasing modestly from $6 billion during the same period last year and $6.2 billion in 2023, the venture capital firm and consultancy said.
(Source: Healthcare Dive, 2025-07-09)
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More Doctors Turning Toward Private Practice, Away from Insurers
For years, we've been told that the healthcare system in America is just the way it is: complicated, inefficient, and built more for insurance companies than for actual patients or doctors. But something is happening right now that many people don't seem to be paying attention to: More doctors are walking away from traditional insurance-based medicine and building private-pay, membership, and concierge practices.
(Source: Forbes, 2025-07-10)
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Health Insurers Expanding Interest in Primary Care Market
Health insurers are steadily expanding their control over the U.S. primary care market -- especially in areas with a lot of seniors eligible for Medicare Advantage plans, according to new research. In 2023, payer-operated practices accounted for 4.2 percent of the national Medicare primary care market by service volume, up from 0.8 percent in 2016, the study published in Health Affairs Scholar found.
(Source: Healthcare Dive, 2025-07-09)
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More Hospitals Electronically Reporting Public Health Data
A new brief utilizing the latest 2024 Health Information National Trends Survey data reveals significant progress in patient and caregiver access to online medical records and patient portals. The report also highlights that nearly all non-federal acute care hospitals in the U.S. were engaged in electronic public health reporting in 2024, a crucial step in modernizing public health data exchange. But despite marked progress, more than eight in 10 hospitals experienced at least one challenge to electronic public health reporting during the year.
(Source: HIT Consultant, 2025-07-09)
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Federal Judge Reverses Rule Wiping Credit Report Medical Debt
A federal judge in Texas reversed a Biden-era rule that permitted medical debt to be wiped from credit reports, according to court documents. U.S. District Judge Sean Jordan, a 2019 appointee of President Trump, said the rule by the previous administration exceeds the authority of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
(Source: The Hill, 2025-07-12)
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