Healthcare Innovation September 26, 2025
Mark Hagland

A new report paints a dire picture of the financial impact on hospitals’ Medicaid revenues

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A report just published by the New York City-based Commonwealth Fund is predicting potentially significant impacts on hospitals’ revenues because of the Medicaid work requirements in the new federal law.

The main reason for the loss of Medicaid revenues will be current Medicaid recipients being deemed ineligible if they fail to meet the work requirements that states will be implementing under the federal law.

At the high end of their analysis, the report’s authors say that hospitals could lose up to 9.9 percent on average, if the Medicaid work requirements play out as envisioned in the report.

Leaders at the Commonwealth Fund, a...

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