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Value-Based Payment and Cost of Care
HFMA President and CEO Joseph J. Fifer, FHFMA, CPA, offers perspectives on new research showing that value-based payment has yet to reduce the total cost of care.
hfm Magazine: May 2018
The May 2018 edition of hfm explores the healthcare capital market outlook, equipment replacement strategies, variable-rate demand bonds, and the drivers behind the total cost of care.
Video: Denials and the Revenue Cycle
David Dyke, former vice president of product management for Change Healthcare, discusses how to reduce denials that disrupt the revenue cycle and how to keep up with changing rules around claims.
HFMA Overview: Affordable Care Act HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2019 Summary of Final Rule
This presentation summarizes the Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2019 final rule, published by CMS, in the April 17, 2018, Federal Register.
HFMA Regulatory Overview: 2019 Medicare Advantage Final Rule
This presentation provides an overview of CMS's 2019 Medicare Advantage program final rule, published in the April 16, 2018, Federal Register.
The Study of Factors Influencing the Total Cost of Health Care
A study conducted by HFMA, Leavitt Partners, and McManis Consulting investigated factors driving the total cost of health care in the United States.
Reimagining Cross-Continuum Relationships
This article examines how DHG Healthcare partnered with a health system to improve care coordination for hip replacements due to fracture.
HFMA Executive Roundtable: Interoperability: Driving or Impeding Value-Based Care?
Poor data interoperability is limiting healthcare organizations’ progress with value-based models. In this roundtable, several healthcare financial and IT leaders discuss the challenges of poor interoperability and how organizations can overcome them.
Ask the Experts: ED Charges
Are any providers posting average charges according to the visit level assigned (1-5), or using any other method to make patients aware of the cost of an emergency department visit?
Ask the Experts: Cost Sharing Programs
I am looking for more information about how to manage patients covered by cost sharing programs.