Budgeting: Regulatory items healthcare finance leaders must consider
HFMA’s Chad Mulvany provides a list of Medicare and Medicaid regulatory payment impacts to consider when developing budgets.
A look into the cost-accounting systems of the future
Access to real-time data allows healthcare leaders to act on the activities that need immediate attention before they escalate to more serious problems.
Analysis: Health systems likely to continue to issue bonds at a feverish pace
Health systems are likely to continue to issue bonds right now for two reasons, including taxable and tax-exempt interest rates that are too good to miss.
Who’s afraid of the federal debt?
A review of the possible implications for alternative payment models and provider payment rates in the wake of the national debt cresting at $1 trillion with a possible recession looming.
How has price transparency impacted the hospital industry?
A recent survey of healthcare organizations on price transparency indicates posting prices online has had little positive or negative impact on most hospitals.
Analysis: Proposed negotiated-rate posting requirements from the OPPS rule
HFMA's Chad Mulvany offers insight into the major issues associated with CMS’s proposed new requirement for hospitals to post negotiated rates.
Executive orders on price transparency
HFMA’s Chad Mulvany provides insight on the Trump Administration’s June 24 executive order aimed at improving price and quality transparency.
Activity-Based Costing: When to Walk and When to Run
A modified approach to activity-based costing can balance an organization’s desire for operational excellence with its need for repeatable, low-maintenance solutions.
Analysis: Disruption possible if negotiated rates are publicly posted
What can be expected if President Trump releases an executive order to mandate the disclosure of prices in the healthcare industry.