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How to Optimize Ambulatory Care

Leaders from across the healthcare continuum describe how making strategic improvements to an ambulatory platform can boost organizations both financially and operationally.

Kathleen Vega September 20, 2017

Is Focus of Value Based Care Moving From Hospitals to Physicians

Recent changes to bundled payment models are the among the developments that suggest the Trump administration may be seeking to shift the focus of value-based care from hospitals to physicians.

Rich Daly September 20, 2017

Healthcare Real Estate Strategies That Enhance Value

Value-based care has altered healthcare delivery, leading to new real estate strategies that include building outpatient centers or micro-hospitals that are easier for patients to access.

Elizabeth Barker September 20, 2017

New IBD Care Models Reduce ED Inpatient Use

Leading gastroenterologists are adapting the patient-centered medical home model to treat patients with inflammatory bowel disease.

Lola Butcher September 20, 2017

Bridging the Divide in Device Development

An on-site incubator’s pilot training program helps medical device entrepreneurs and government regulators better understand each other.

Laura Ramos Hegwer September 20, 2017

Expanding the Continuum of Care

Social determinants of health are becoming increasingly relevant to healthcare stakeholders as the industry transitions to population health management, writes Joseph J. Fifer, president and CEO, HFMA.

Joseph J. Fifer, FHFMA, CPA September 20, 2017

Demand for Healthcare Workers Continues to Grow, but Skills Gaps Remain

Jeffrey Helton, a lecturer at the Milken Institute of Public Health and The George Washington University, says sought-after skills include data analysis and the ability to connect those data to real solutions. 

Rachael Zimlich September 18, 2017

We Become What We Know

Anna Dapelo-Garcia, administrative director of patient access services at Stanford Health Care, chose to give back to industry by founding "Lean In Latinas," a chapter of the Lean In organization founded by Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook.

Vickie Austin September 18, 2017

5 Career-Boosting Steps for Women Health IT Professionals

In today's healthcare IT sector, there are more opportunities than ever for passionate, dedicated leaders. Sheri Stoltenberg, founder and CEO of Stoltenberg Consulting, writes about how women can gain a foothold in this landscape.

Sheri Stoltenberg September 18, 2017

Making Sense of the Skills Gap

HFMA Career Coach Joe Abel examines the skills gap from both the employee and employer perspective to get to the root of the issue.  

Joe Abel, CPCC, ACC, PhD September 14, 2017
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