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Morgantown, W.Va.-based WVU Health System has named Rachel Tignor vice president and chief managed care officer, effective July 5. Ms. Tignor most recently served as assistant vice president of enterprise payer relations and contracting, a role in which she led payer negotiations and helped strengthen the health system’s relationships with commercial and government payers. As […]

CMS has rescinded a decade-old “fast-track” review process for certain Medicaid Section 1115 demonstration waiver extensions as the agency prepares to implement new federal budget neutrality requirements that take effect in 2027. The July 7 informational bulletin formally withdraws 2015 guidance that allowed eligible states to use an expedited review process when renewing some Section […]

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Advertisement Stayton, Ore.-based Santiam Hospital & Clinics has warned that it faces “imminent insolvency” without expedited state approval

Advertisement Wausau, Wis.-based Aspirus Health will open Aspirus Chippewa Falls Hospital and Clinic on Sept. 22, expanding access to hospital and outpatient services in a region affected by recent hospital closures.

Advertisement Hospitals have spent months lobbying Congress over Medicaid. The fight that matters now is shifting away from Capitol Hill and into federal rulemaking.

Advertisement Morgantown, W.Va.-based West Virginia University Health System has agreed to pay $4.2 million and enter a three-year compliance