Calling Into Question the Nation’s Commitment to Value-Based Health Care
There is widespread agreement that the goal of transitioning the nation’s healthcare system to value-based payment is important, but there remain many impediments to accomplishing such a transition.
HFMA Executive Roundtable: Optimizing the Revenue Cycle IT Investment
Many providers struggle to fully realize the benefits of revenue cycle technology. In this roundtable, several healthcare leaders discuss how they are working to get the most from their automated solutions, particularly with regard to revenue integrity and preparing for value-based payment models.
The Changing Role of Revenue Cycle Outsourcing
There has long been a debate about whether it is wise to outsource some or all of revenue cycle operations to third-party experts who specialize in optimizing financial performance. In the following roundtable, several revenue cycle leaders discuss the role of outsourcing in their own organizations and how they envision it changing as the industry evolves.
Executive Presence and Why It Matters
Business and career coach Vickie Austin reviews author Sylvia Ann Hewlett's Executive Presence: The Missing Link Between Merit and Success, a humorous take on how to cultivate this crucial skill for workplace success.
How to Accept and Leverage Feedback for Career Growth
Douglas Stone, founder of Triad Consulting, a lecturer on law at Harvard Law School, and co-author of Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well, says the key to receiving feedback is to understand that it's a normal part of coaching.
How to Create Passion in Your Career
Most people want to achieve success. Finding something you're passionate about is at the heart of being inspired and developing a sense of purpose, writes Kayce Dover, MSHI, RHIA, a health information management (HIM) professional.
1 (Maybe 2) Percent Feedback
HFMA Career Coach Joe Abel writes that feedback must be sifted to be useful, so how does one find the 1, maybe 2, percent of the conversation that is genuinely helpful?
Feedback is a Gift
Shanna Hanson, manager of business knowledge for Human Arc, unwraps the gift of feedback and examines what it is, some tools and tips for giving and receiving it, and barriers to providing it.
Being Accountable in a Non-Accountable World
Hayley Studer, CPA, vice president of community partnerships for Credit Adjustments Inc., writes that having a sense of accountability is one of the most important qualities for a leader to possess, but it's often overlooked.
HFMA Announces Best Article Award Winners
HFMA is pleased to announce the recipients of the Helen Yerger/L. Vann Seawell Best Article Award for outstanding editorial achievement in hfm magazine in FY17.