Karen Wagner
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Karen Wagner
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Critical access hospitals reap benefits of HFMA Enterprise Membership
HFMA’s Enterprise Membership program offers critical access hospitals vital tools and resources that their leaders and team members need to succeed in today’s ever-changing healthcare landscape.
Creative partnerships bring relief from soaring drug prices
With drug costs emerging as a central concern for healthcare leaders, providers are trying to mitigate the problem through partnerships.
A New Approach to Curtailing Pharmacy Costs
In an effort to improve the availability and value of treatments that are available to patients, major health systems have banded together to form a new company that will produce generic drugs.
Sidebar: Additional Strategies for Managing the Drug Cost Problem
In an effort to improve the availability and value of treatments that are available to patients, major health systems have banded together to form a new company that will produce generic drugs.
Speeding Up Innovation to Keep Pace With Evolving Demands
In adapting to new payment and care delivery models, healthcare organizations are finding that innovative approaches are more vital than ever. The first step is to identify and address barriers to innovation.
Undoing Siloes to Improve the Patient Experience
A health system has improved the patient experience with a variety of new processes and protocols, including the introduction of a new patient access center and tutoring by physician coaches.
The Impact of Accountable Care on the Revenue Cycle
Implementing value-based payment models requires changes to revenue cycle processes, including a greater focus on making sure claims reflect all services performed.
On the (Bumpy) Road to Interoperability
Provider-to-provider interoperability is becoming more widespread, but some say true interoperability should entail secure, automatic data exchange among providers, health plans, and patients.
Incorporating Value in Behavioral Health
Healthcare stakeholders increasingly are taking steps to improve behavioral health care with an eye toward lowering costs, improving care quality, and improving the health of populations.
Preparing the Healthcare Workforce for Value
Healthcare leaders are taking various steps to ensure their workforces evolve to meet the demands of value-based care, but long-term solutions require collaboration across the spectrum of care.