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HFMA’s Consumerism Maturity Model provides an opportunity for healthcare organizations to assess their consumer readiness

Provider organizations can assess and improve their consumerism readiness using HFMA’s Consumerism Maturity Model.

Erika Grotto March 9, 2020

St. Luke’s Health System decides to allow carefully monitored, specific-payer access to its EHR after buy-in from all internal stakeholders

Idaho-based St. Luke’s Health System is allowing payers to access patient records directly through their EHR.

Erika Grotto March 2, 2020

Optum360 helps providers and payers work together to resolve revenue cycle problems

Optum360 illustrates how it is driving change across healthcare by empowering and engaging staff to be creative in solving payer and provider challenges and viewing the revenue cycle more holistically.

HFMA March 2, 2020

“Medicare for All” isn’t equitable for all hospitals

A payment model in which 100% of payments are based on Medicare rates should take into account the inherent disadvantages of such an approach for the large hospitals, including academic medical centers, that provide most Medicare outlier cases.

Glen Kazahaya February 13, 2020

Why hospitals should focus on improving the value of care in the cardiac cath lab

Web special: Healthcare finance leaders should be aware of care protocols that can improve patient outcomes and satisfaction while reducing costs, particularly in high-cost services lines. One such protocol is the use of transradial access for patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention.

Amit Amin, MD, MSc January 20, 2020

BESLER: Full-service Transfer DRG revenue recovery

BESLER talks about its Transfer DRG revenue recovery service that helps hospitals recover monies they have rightfully earned while maintaining compliance.

HFMA January 16, 2020

Auth-DP software helps streamline prior authorizations to reduce denials

A leading revenue cycle technology company talks about how its innovative prior authorization software streamlines the process of checking for, obtaining and following up on prior authorizations, saving organizations millions in avoided denials.

HFMA January 2, 2020

We need to talk about your flair: HFMA’s new digital badges are here

HFMA's new digital credentialing program enables members to display their HFMA achievements through digital badges.

Shirley Heavlin December 12, 2019

How CMS sets the target price for bundles under BPCI-A

Read a description of CMS's method for setting episode target prices under its Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced model.

Erin Hahn, MPH December 2, 2019

Craneware: Demystifying the costs of care

A leading chargemaster company discusses its commitment to helping healthcare organizations understand their total cost of care and make strategic decisions to grow and protect margin.

HFMA December 2, 2019
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