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Former HFMA National Chair Phyllis Cowling receives healthcare administration award

Phyllis Cowling receives Earl M. Collier Award for Distinguished Health Care Administration. Jennifer Bertrand, Gregg Garrison and Sophia Holder are new CFOs.

Intuitive: The Role of Data Analytics in Healthcare: 5 Key Learnings from the HFMA 2019 Annual Conference Focus Group

This report offers key takeaways from a 2019 HFMA Annual Conference focus group in which several senior financial leaders discuss the challenges and opportunities in leveraging data analytics to improve utilization, clinical outcome, and financial performance.

Getting the full value out of a transaction/acquisition plan

A practical article based on a November webinar by Grant Thornton LLP that discusses the four steps involved in effectively executing a transaction or acquisition and best practices for reducing costs and mitigating risk.

Analyzing pre-payment and point-of-service collections efforts

Important learnings from a June 2019 HFMA Annual Conference intercept survey about how hospitals and health systems are making strides in proactively collecting patient payments.

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Financial Sustainability Report: July 2021

The July 2021 issue of the Financial Sustainability Report, sponsored by Kaufman Hall, includes an account of how one health system assessed the benefits and risk associated with moving its 340B covered-entity pharmacy enterprise to a Limited Liability Company. The issue also includes a commentary on CMS’s new Acute Hospital Care at Home program and a discussion of a new metric, equivalent net patient revenue (ENPR), which organizations can use to assess the relative value of proposed investments in alternative revenue sources.

Revecore Renews HFMA Peer Review Designation for Complex Claims Management and Underpayment Identification and Recovery Solutions

The Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) today announced that, following rigorous review, Revecore has once again achieved the “Peer Reviewed by HFMA®” designation for its Complex Claims Management and Underpayment Review solutions.

Local production, living stockpiles part of effort to secure hospital supply chain

Hospital executives are still working to correct deficiencies in the supply chain that were exposed by the pandemic.

How to ensure a positive patient financial experience

Creating the ideal patient billing experience not only improves revenue cycle performance, but also boosts patient satisfaction and quality scores.

Financial Sustainability Report: June 2021

This June issue of the Financial Sustainability Report, sponsored by Kaufman Hall, leads off with results of HFMA’s recent report examining the evolving role of the healthcare CFO over the next decade. Two features also examine steps health systems can take to promote success with value-based payment initiatives, including developing models to inform their efforts with risk-based contracts and focusing efforts on removing impediments to success under such contracts.