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Benefits of Close Relationships Between Hospital Systems and Post-Acute Care Providers

By developing close relationships with post-acute care providers, hospitals can ensure patients receive five important benefits.

HFMA May 7, 2018

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.

HFMA May 2, 2018

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 May 1, 2018

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 April 27, 2018

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.

HFMA April 26, 2018

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.

HFMA April 25, 2018

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 April 25, 2018

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.

HFMA April 24, 2018

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?

HFMA April 17, 2018

Ask the Experts: Cost Sharing Programs

I am looking for more information about how to manage patients covered by cost sharing programs.

HFMA April 17, 2018