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: This research highlight discusses key takeaways from a May 2019 HFMA study of hospital and health system senior financial executives about their organizations’ interest in and capabilities for assuming risk.

The July/August 2019 issue of Revenue Cycle Strategist newsletter features articles on payer EHR integration, price transparency, chargemaster strategies and KPIs for Medicaid eligibility.

HFMA's Revenue Cycle Strategist newsletter June 2019 issue features articles on value-based payment, coding and Medicaid regulations.

Subscribers to Revenue Cycle Strategist may access the individual articles below. Patient Access Northwell Health Tackles Patient ID Matching BY LOLA BUTCHER Patient-identification-matching problems increase as the healthcare industry consolidates, but patient-matching solutions are available to reduce the backlog of duplicate records as an intensive effort by one health system proves. Coding Q&A Coding Denial Trends—How to…

Read the Summer 2019 issue of Strategic Financial Planning.

Read the Healthcare Cost Containment June 2019 issue featuring content on cost reduction and quality improvement, supply chain management and labor cost management.

On August 2, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its final rule describing federal fiscal year (FY) 2020 policies and rates for Medicare’s prospective payment systems for acute care inpatient hospitals (IPPS) and the long-term care hospital prospective payment system (LTCH PPS).

This HFMA Executive Summary presentation explains the CMS FY 2020 IPPS final rule.

Several payer-provider collaborations launched in Massachusetts seek to better manage Medicaid risk by including behavioral health resources, among other services.

Research showed healthcare providers were able to reduce opioid misuse in their practices by 40% when they followed prescribing guidelines that included regular prescription drug monitoring program checks and toxicology testing.