The Keckley Report

Last Tuesday, bipartisan leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee sent a letter to HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra calling for action on hospital price transparency: “We are concerned about…

Last week, President Biden submitted his proposed FY 2022 budget for discretionary spending in the Federal Government’s 15 departments: healthcare figures prominently in the $1.52 trillion package. Notably, the Department…

Last Wednesday, the Biden administration announced its infrastructure bill—the $2.3 trillion “American Jobs Plan” that includes $400 billion for home caregivers among its domestic spending programs. As proposed, the American…

Last week, three reports about hospital finances during the pandemic were released: Kaufman Hall: According to its March 2021 Hospital Flash Report: In February, the median operating margin for hospitals…

This week marks the first week on the job for newly confirmed HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra, the 11th anniversary of the passage of the Affordable Care Act (March 23,2010) and…

In 2021, record levels of private investment will flow into the U.S. healthcare system accelerating merger and acquisition activity and fundamentally altering competition in the industry as organizations look beyond…

The American Rescue Plan Act passed the Senate 50-49 Saturday providing $1400 relief to 147 million and extending unemployment benefits to 19 million. It now goes back to the House…

Saturday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed President Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus package by a 219 to 212 vote along party lines. The American Rescue Plan now goes to the…

The consolidation of hospitals looms large in the public debate about the future of the U.S. health delivery system. The Biden administration has pledged a full review to determine if…

The pandemic has compromised the long-term sustainability of hospitals. Insurers are coming through stronger. Ditto for drug manufacturers and their distributors and retailers. But hospitals have lost ground: the old…