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Professional Credit: ‘The New Deal’ Approach to Healthcare Collections is Data-Driven and Consumer-Focused

Professional Credit’s President Scott Purcell and Chief Marketing Officer Jeff Johnson discuss the value of having a comprehensive and responsive collections partner.

HFMA March 2, 2017

HFMA Executive Roundtable: Engaging with External Partners to Support Value-Based Care

In this roundtable, several hospital leaders discuss the benefits of partnering with external entities that provide clinical services, describing how this can assist organizations in better meeting the tenets of value-based care.

HFMA March 2, 2017

A Monthly Video with HFMA’s Joe Fifer

HFMA President and CEO Joseph J. Fifer, FHFMA, CPA, talks about why the value transformation depends on courage in leadership.

HFMA March 2, 2017

Video: Optimizing Medical Group Revenue Cycle Performance to Meet Physician and Health System Goals

Emily Alverson, senior director at Huron Consulting Group, discusses key steps in how to optimize medical group revenue cycle performance.   

HFMA March 1, 2017

Forum Networking Webinar: Developing Effective Physician Compensation Plans

During this Feb. 23, 2017, HFMA Forum webinar, Dan Stech, principal, Pinnacle Healthcare Consulting shared strategies and examples of how hospitals, health systems, and physician groups are encouraging the transition to value-based payment for employed physicians.

HFMA March 1, 2017

Hospitals Face Challenges From Medicare Cost and Payment Trends

An analysis finds that Medicare payments for hospital admissions are declining even as hospitals’ cost per admission is rising, pointing to an increased need for aggressive cost containment efforts by hospitals.

HFMA February 21, 2017

Primary Care Quality Incentive Program: Focus of Patient Satisfaction Questions

Bon Secours Virginia Medical Group’s primary care quality incentive program has eight measures that focus on patient satisfaction. 

HFMA February 21, 2017

Ask the Experts: Telemedicine Payments

Are you offering and billing for telemedicine consults, and are you able to bill for the services when using providers across your system?

HFMA February 16, 2017

Ask the Experts: Meaningful Use

How do hospitals that have demonstrated meaningful use record the payments?

HFMA February 16, 2017

Ask the Experts: Revenue Cycle Metrics

Do you have data on top decile and 50th percentile performance for revenue cycle metrics?

HFMA February 16, 2017