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Benefits of Close Relationships Between Hospital Systems and Post-Acute Care Providers

By developing close relationships with post-acute care providers, hospitals can ensure patients receive five important benefits.

HFMA May 7, 2018

Hospitals Urge Caution in Federal Transparency Push

In response to a new Senate price and quality transparency initiative, hospital advocates outlined measures they would support but also urged caution in pursuing new federal requirements.

Rich Daly May 3, 2018

Revenue Cycle Departments Increase Productivity

A two-year rise in revenue cycle department productivity is attributed to outsourcing and staff ability to handle more claims in less time.

Jeanne Slates May 3, 2018

Are You Ready for MACRA and MIPS: The New Healthcare Payment Reform

Value-based payment models, such as MACRA and MIPS, will require that coders capture the severity of illness as well as acute and chronic patient conditions.

Jeanie Heck May 3, 2018

The Impact of Duplicate Patient Records on Revenue

Duplicate patient records have a negative impact on value-based payment strategies as well as staff productivity and patient satisfaction.

Gordon Cooper May 3, 2018

Metro Health Improves Cash Flow by Offering New Payment Options

Metro Health’s payment options include community benefit discounts, charity care sliding scales, and a zero-percent interest payment plan, which has improved cash flow and flattened bad debt.

Laura Ramos Hegwer May 3, 2018

Video: Denials and the Revenue Cycle

David Dyke, former vice president of product management for Change Healthcare, discusses how to reduce denials that disrupt the revenue cycle and how to keep up with changing rules around claims.

HFMA May 1, 2018

The Business Case for Fighting Physician Burnout

Mitigating physician burnout may help to reduce turnover and the many costs that come with it, and industry leaders are taking steps to quantify the ROI.

Lola Butcher April 26, 2018

The Study of Factors Influencing the Total Cost of Health Care

A study conducted by HFMA, Leavitt Partners, and McManis Consulting investigated factors driving the total cost of health care in the United States.

HFMA April 25, 2018

Reimagining Cross-Continuum Relationships

This article examines how DHG Healthcare partnered with a health system to improve care coordination for hip replacements due to fracture.

HFMA April 25, 2018
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