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Interoperability and Patient Access to Health Data Proposed Rule Summary
This document summarizes the proposed rule on interoperability and patient access to health data, published by CMS, in the March 4, 2019, Federal Register.
HFMA Offers Recommendations to Senate to Reduce Total Cost of Care while Improving Patient Outcomes
This letter contains HFMA's recommendations to the Senate HELP committee on ways to reduce the total cost of care while improving patient outcomes.
hfm Magazine: March 2019
The March 2019 edition of hfm explores people and culture in healthcare finance, focusing on performance improvement, academic-community relationships, and care delivery.
Community Benefit & Transparency Tools
HFMA has compiled these resources for hospitals and health systems to use for compliance when listing standard charges to the public and procedures around charity care.
HFMA’s Payment Reform Project White Papers
HFMA has led a payment reform thought leadership initiative to identify the principles that should guide changes to the current healthcare payment system and the competencies that providers will need to succeed. The initiative's findings and recommendations are summarized in these white papers.
Deceased Medicare Beneficiary Admissions: Accounting for the Causes and Impacts
Hospitals and health systems should be prepared to see a greater financial impact from Medicare hospital admissions that end with beneficiaries being deceased than from such admissions that end with the patients leaving the hospital in an improved condition.
UVM Health Network: Building an Industry-Leading Supply Chain
This case study tells how one healthcare organization has used data monetization strategies to optimize its supply chain operations.
UPMC: Expanding Organization Reach via Telemedicine and Virtual Care
This case study shows how one integrated delivery system has effectively leveraged innovation technology and data governance in the area of telemedicine to monetize its data assets.
Allina Health: Reducing Variations in Clinical Care
This case study shows how one health system used its data assets to identify opportunities for reducing variations in clinical care.
Kaufman Hall: 5 Key Learnings from HFMA’s Financial Analytics Leadership Council
Tips-focused article about the role of data governance and how to establish a strategy. Key points pulled from the HFMA Financial Analytics Leadership Council.