The Challenges of “Repeal and Replace”
Despite the success of the “repeal and replace” platform during election season, politics and numbers are getting in the way of Republican efforts to get rid of the Affordable Care Act.
The Opioid Funding Controversy: A Portent of the Upcoming Bipartisan Healthcare Reform Debate
The continuing efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act could open doors for advocacy groups to revisit aspects of the legislation they want to change.
Public Health Emergencies: Is Health Care Ready to Respond?
Healthcare organizations that prepare for natural and man-made disasters can help manage the inevitable.
The Abuse and Misuse of Observation Services
Lack of limitations on observation status has led to confusion and increased expense among patients.
Closing Health Care’s Value Gap
To ensure current and future success, healthcare providers must take deliberate action to bridge the gap between volume-based payment and value-based payment.
How Consolidation Is Changing Healthcare Markets
Healthcare organizations contemplating opportunities for consolidation can benefit from performing a detailed analysis that considers potential impacts of a variety of possible scenarios.
Skyrocketing Prescription Drug Crisis: Action Needed
Legislative action by Congress is needed to address the problem facing the U.S. healthcare system from cost pressures caused by rising prescription drugs prices.
The Upside of Change
Reframing organizational change can be the key to making change management easier for all concerned.
Connecting the Dots
Healthcare organizations should recognize the link between the care of chronic conditions and the care of addiction, writes Joseph J. Fifer, FHFMA, CPA, president and CEO, HFMA.
Cybersecurity and the Internet of Things
Cybersecurity attacks to our nation’s infrastructure are increasing. The threat to health care has grown along with the life-saving potential that technology creates.