Medicaid Expansion

Medicaid Expansion Tied to Fewer Financial Challenges for Rural Hospitals

March 1, 2023 - Rural hospitals in states that have not implemented Medicaid expansion have faced steeper financial challenges than those in expansion states, according to an analysis from the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF). Rural hospitals experienced rocky financial environments before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Pandemic-related government relief funds...

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Medicaid Expansion Helped Improve Provider Financial Performance

by Victoria Bailey

Medicaid expansion has positively impacted healthcare providers by boosting financial performance and resulting in payer mix improvements, data from the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) found. All but...

Medicaid Expansion Associated with Less Medical Debt Collections

by Jill McKeon

States that expanded Medicaid in 2014 saw a 45 percent decline in the mean flow of medical debt collections compared to states that chose not to expand Medicaid or those that expanded after 2014,...

Hospital Uncompensated Care Costs Down After LA Medicaid Expansion

by Jacqueline LaPointe

After Medicaid expansion in Louisiana, hospital uncompensated care costs decreased by about a third—significantly more compared to some other expansion states—with public and rural...

Medicaid Expansion Still Boosting Hospital Finances

by Jacqueline LaPointe

A study coming out of the Urban Institute shows that hospitals continue to reap the financial benefits of Medicaid expansion. The study recently published in Health Affairs found that hospitals in...

1 in 5 Adults Reporting Job, Coverage Disruption Now Uninsured

by Jacqueline LaPointe

COVID-19 led to an uptick in the number of uninsured individuals as companies furloughed or laid off staff to make ends meet. Many of these workers and their families lost coverage as a...

2019 Single Worst Year for Rural Hospital Closures, Report Finds

by Samantha McGrail

On top of 19 rural hospital closures, more than 450 rural hospitals are vulnerable to closure as the stability of the rural health safety-net continues to plummet, according to a recent report...

Hospitals Saw Lower Interest Rates After Affordable Care Act

by Samantha McGrail

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) did more to improve hospital fiscal health than boost profitability and decrease the amount of uncompensated care delivered, according to a recent study from the...

Medicaid DSH Payments Cover 51% of Uncompensated Care Costs

by Jacqueline LaPointe

Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) payments covered about half of the uncompensated care costs incurred by qualifying hospitals nationwide in 2014, according to a Government Accountability...

Medicaid Expansion Improved Financial Stability for Health Centers

by Jacqueline LaPointe

Federally qualified health centers in Medicaid expansion states were significantly more likely to report financial stability and funding improvements since the implementation of the Affordable Care Act...

Hospitals Could Lose Up to $4.1B Under Medicaid Work Requirements

by Jacqueline LaPointe

Medicaid work requirements would reduce hospital revenue between $3.7 billion to $4.1 billion in 2019 alone, according to a recent analysis by the Commonwealth Fund. Hospitals in over a dozen states...

Hospital Closures Increased in States Without Medicaid Expansion

by Jacqueline LaPointe

Hospitals in Medicaid expansion states were six times, or about 84 percent, less likely to face hospital closures than their peers in non-expansion states, a new Health Affairs study showed. The...

Medicaid Reimbursement Woes Key Concern for Healthcare CEOs

by Jacqueline LaPointe

Approximately 85 percent of healthcare executives identified shrinking Medicaid reimbursement rates and funding as a top concern in 2017, according to a new Deloitte survey. Deloitte surveyed 20 CEOs...

CMS Details $43B Drop in Medicaid Uncompensated Care Support

by Jacqueline LaPointe

In a recently proposed rule, CMS outlined a methodology for reducing Medicaid support for hospitals incurring significant uncompensated care costs starting in 2018. The rule would implement reductions...

Hospitals Saw No Effect on Margins After Medicaid Expansion

by Jacqueline LaPointe

The net impact of Medicaid expansion on non-profit hospital finances was close to zero because uncompensated care cost reductions did not offset Medicaid reimbursement shortfalls, a recent...

Medicaid Expansion Linked to $5M Annual Hospital Revenue Boost

by Jacqueline LaPointe

Hospital revenue in Medicaid expansion states increased by $5 million annually per facility after states chose to extend Medicaid coverage to more individuals, a recent Robert Wood Johnson Foundation...

What a Trump Presidency Means for Value-Based Care and the ACA

by Jennifer Bresnick

Love it or loathe it, the United States is headed for four years of drastic policy changes under a Donald Trump administration, giving lawmakers another good chance to repeal, replace, or revise the Affordable Care Act. The landmark...

GAO: Medicare Uncompensated Care Aid Not Based on Actual Costs

by Jacqueline LaPointe

Medicare’s uncompensated care payments to hospitals do not account for the actual healthcare costs associated with treating large proportions of Medicaid and uninsured patients, according to a...

Uncompensated Care Drops by $6B after Medicaid Expansion

by Jacqueline LaPointe

Numerous individuals seek necessary medical services at hospitals regardless the ability to pay, but uncompensated care costs from charity cares and patient debt can strain hospital revenue cycles....

Providers Collect More Revenue Due to ACA Medicaid Expansion

by Catherine Sampson

In recent years, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) paved the way for significant Medicaid expansion. A recent study from the National Bureau of Economic Research found that Medicaid expansion resulted in...

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