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Healthcare Headlines from the Hill: September Edition

September 25, 2025

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...

The Inpatient Rehabilitation Difference: Partnering for Better Patient Outcomes

September 16, 2025

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...

Unlock Improved Patient Outcomes & Lower Costs with Behavioral Health Integration

September 11, 2025

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.

Case Study: TGH with Lifepoint Rehabilitation and Lifepoint Behavioral Health

August 27, 2025

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...

Healthcare Headlines from the Hill: August Edition

August 21, 2025

Stay ahead of the latest regulatory shifts and healthcare breaking news with Headlines from the Hill.

The 2025 Denials Outlook: Why Partnerships Are Key to Hospital Financial Growth

July 30, 2025

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

Behavioral Health’s Role in Relieving Emergency Department Strains

July 16, 2025

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.

Navigating Rising Patient Volume Trends: Post-Acute Partnership’s Role

June 23, 2025

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...

The Future of Rural Healthcare: How Post-Acute Partnership Can Help

June 10, 2025

The local community healthcare landscape in the United States is facing a severe crisis. Over the past two decades, nearly 200 local hospitals have closed their doors, leaving millions of Americans without access to essential healthcare services, including inpatient rehabilitation, behavioral health and emergency treatment.

Hybrid Partnerships: Elevating Hospital Performance and Outcomes

May 30, 2025

Partnerships are key to efficiently improving care quality and outcomes for an increasingly complex patient population. But because every hospital and community is unique, a one-size-fits-all partnership strategy is not effective.