MHA Trustee Webinar Outlines Information and Planning for the OBBBA
The MHA will host the webinar Understanding the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) and Board Planning for the Impact from 8 to 9 a.m. ET Sept. 24. The session will explore how the OBBBA …
CMS Releases FY 2026 Final Rule for Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released a final rule to update the Medicare fee-for-service prospective payment system for inpatient psychiatric facilities for fiscal year (FY) 2026. Key provisions …
CMS Releases FY 2026 Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System Final Rule
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released a final rule to update the Medicare fee-for-service inpatient prospective payment system for fiscal year (FY) 2026. Highlights of the final rule include: …
MHA Podcast Explores Healthcare Priorities with 2025-2026 Board Chair Bill Manns
The MHA released a new episode of the MiCare Champion Cast exploring what’s top of mind in healthcare as the 2025-2026 program year kicks off. The episode, hosted by MHA CEO Brian Peters, features MHA …
Keckley Report
July 2025 Actions are the Turning Point for U.S. Healthcare
“July 2025 will be the month U.S. healthcare leaders recognize as the industry’s modern turning point. Consider…
Collectively, these actions reflect rejection of the health industry by the GOP-led Congress. It follows 15 years of support vis a vis the Affordable Care Act (2010) and pandemic recovery emergency funding (2020-2021). In that 15-year period, the bigger players got bigger in each sector, investment of private equity in each sector became more prevalent, costs increased, affordability for consumers and employers decreased, and the public’s overall satisfaction with the health system declined precipitously. …
The landscape for U.S. healthcare is fundamentally changed as a result of the July actions noted above. It is compounded by public anxiety about the economy at home and global tensions abroad.
These July actions were a turning point for the industry: responding appropriately will require fresh ideas and statesmanship. Transparency about prices, costs, incentives and performance is table stakes. Leaders dedicated to the greater good will be the difference.”
News to Know
MHA Endorsed Business Partner Vault Verify is hosting a live webinar on HR’s Growing Role in Data Protection from 1 to 2 p.m. ET Aug. 13.
MHA in the News
The MHA received media coverage the week of Aug. 4 on hospital cost pressures, behavioral health partnerships and the impact of Medicaid cuts. Gongwer published a story Aug. 4 about a PricewaterhouseCoopers report that reviews …