Deborah Filipek
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Nearly 64% more members enrolled in HFMA certification courses during the COVID-19 pandemic compared with the same six-week period last year
HFMA members are putting their work-from-home situations and downtime due to stay-at-home directives to good use: 2,171 members passed HFMA certification exams between March 13 and April 27, 2020.
Healthcare News of Note: CMS offers new guidance on making healthcare price transparency information searchable
CMS guidance on making price transparency information searchable, a correlation between job loss and nurse suicides and using incentives to move hospitals away from just-in-time PPE inventories are all topics covered in this week’s Healthcare News of Note.
HFMA’s Digital Annual Conference June 24 and June 26 kicks off six days of virtual education for healthcare finance professionals
Healthcare finance professionals can learn how to weather the COVID-19 storm, leverage the silver linings and look toward a sustainable future during HFMA's multidate virtual event, which kicks off June 24 and June 26.
HFMA’s Digital Annual Conference continues July 15 and July 17 with more virtual education for healthcare finance professionals
HFMA's Digital Annual Conference continues July 15 and July 17 with sessions to help healthcare finance professionals handle revenue cycle and clinical care challenges amid the pandemic.
How healthcare organizations can use behavioral economics to get desired results from patients and staff
Karen Horgan, CEO of VAL Health, reviewed how healthcare finance professionals can use behavioral economics to get the outcomes they want from both patients and staff during an Aug. 14 session at HFMA's Digital Annual Conference.
Change Healthcare-Harris Poll study: Every step in the process is a chore for healthcare consumers
Consumers struggle with finding, accessing and paying for healthcare, according to a study presented at HFMA's Digital Annual Conference.
Top long-range challenges for healthcare organizations in the aftermath of COVID-19
Guidehouse's David Burik anticipates much variation in how well organizations weather COVID-19 and reviews types of long-range challenges providers may face in the pandemic's aftermath.
Virginia Mason Institute transformation expert says healthcare systems can reduce waste and improve their margins
Virginia Mason Institute’s Rhonda Stewart shares how healthcare systems can reduce costs and improve patient and worker metrics by eliminating waste.