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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. 

HFMA February 26, 2019

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.

HFMA February 26, 2019

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.

HFMA February 26, 2019

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.

HFMA February 26, 2019

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.

HFMA February 25, 2019

Grant Thornton: Guiding Organizations Through Cloud-Based ERP Adoption

A senior leader at Grant Thornton LLP HealthCare Advisory Services talks about key ways to lay the groundwork for a shift to cloud-based ERP solutions. Insights stem from a presentation given at the HFMA Large System Controllers Council.  

HFMA February 25, 2019

Telehealth Use Among Medicare Patients Limited but Growing

Growth in telehealth use among Medicare beneficiaries is occurring in patients 85 years and older and living in rural areas.

HFMA February 21, 2019

Ask the Experts: Behavioral Health Billing

We want to offer an intensive outpatient program (IOP) that provides group psychotherapy to patients who require a higher intensity of treatment than our outpatient setting provides. We need a thorough understanding of the billing process for the state of

HFMA February 20, 2019

Annual Hospital Costs for Opioid Overdose Patients Approaches $2 Billion

The average cost for an overdose patient who was treated and released totaled $504, but the average cost rose to $11,731 for those that were treated and admitted to a hospital.

HFMA February 15, 2019

Evaluating Cost-of-Care Progress

Although more time and evidence are needed to prove the efficacy of population-based VBP models, there are other models that may be more appropriate for different populations.

HFMA February 15, 2019