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Healthcare M&A Activity? Beware of Accounting Basis Differences

Differences in FASB and GASB accounting and reporting rules can be critical considerations for healthcare organizations in evaluating financial fit when looking to merge or affiliate with an organization that is under a different basis of accounting.

Brian Conner June 20, 2017

Understanding and Preventing Physician Burnout

Physician burnout can have profound adverse consequences for health care, making it important for finance leaders to support actions aimed at promoting physician well-being.

Catherine Miller June 20, 2017

Collaborate to Innovate: The Choice Is Ours

With a focus on collaboration and innovation, healthcare finance leaders can make a difference in transforming health care and advancing the health of their communities.

Carol A. Friesen, FHFMA, MPH June 20, 2017

Raising CMI Through a Multidisciplinary Approach in the Community Hospital Setting

By reducing interhospital transfers for critical care, one hospital was able to increase its case mix index and increase revenue sufficiently to help support a population health initiative.

Brian Collins June 20, 2017

The Price is Not Right: The Unsustainability of the ACA Insurance Marketplaces

As legislators continue to work toward a repeal of the Affordable Care Act, insurers are leaving the marketplaces.

Ken Perez June 20, 2017

The Future of the Revenue Cycle

HFMA and Navigant surveyed 125 hospital and health system CFOs and revenue cycle executives to learn about next-generation revenue cycle management trends. The findings reveal key improvement opportunities, including a need to optimize revenue cycle technology, enhance revenue integrity efforts, and better engage patients around their financial obligations.

HFMA June 19, 2017

UnityPoint Health Ramps Up Value-Based Pay

UnityPoint Clinic is seeing benefits from its ongoing experiment with a value-based compensation structure for primary care physicians in its multispecialty medical group.

Lola Butcher June 9, 2017

UnityPoint Health Ramps Up Value-Based Pay

UnityPoint Clinic is seeing benefits from its ongoing experiment with a value-based compensation structure for primary care physicians in its multispecialty medical group.

Lola Butcher June 9, 2017

Geisinger Scraps Physician Pay-for-Performance

Geisinger Health System has decided to scrap physician compensation incentives based on performance measures and productivity, and instead pay straight salaries.

Lola Butcher June 9, 2017

Geisinger Scraps Physician Pay-for-Performance

Geisinger Health System has decided to scrap physician compensation incentives based on performance measures and productivity, and instead pay straight salaries.

Lola Butcher June 9, 2017
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