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Direct Primary Care Gains Traction

Direct primary care is gaining a foothold in the healthcare industry because it promotes convenience for consumers and greater accountability among providers.

Lola Butcher May 15, 2017

Healthcare Strategy in the Year of Uncertainty

Economics continues to overshadow politics as a driver of healthcare strategy for providers, with market forces looming large even amid legislative uncertainty.

Aamer Mumtaz May 15, 2017

Assessing the Value of Care

A healthcare finance leader, clinical leader, and health plan executive discuss best practices for assessing the value of healthcare drugs and services.

Kathleen Vega May 15, 2017

Toward a Common Vision for Value Based Care Metrics

Reporting dozens of potentially conflicting metrics from government and commercial payers can be a burden on providers, who seek ways to streamline or prioritize the number of metrics.

Laura Ramos Hegwer May 15, 2017

Health Systems Brace for MACRA

Hospitals and health systems are working to help their physicians succeed under MACRA, which means moving quickly to advanced APMs.

Rich Daly May 11, 2017

Hospital CEOs Name Top Financial Challenges

Hospital CEOs top three financial concerns were Medicaid payment, staff and supply costs, and operating costs.

FINANCE AT A GLANCE May 11, 2017

Refunding Bonds to Optimize Savings

By refunding longer bond maturities with shorter, cheaper maturities, low rates can translate into sizable debt service savings.

HFMA May 11, 2017

Facts in Healthcare Finance: Is Spinning the Numbers Unethical?

A hospital CFO’s ability to separate facts from opinions and perspectives sets the stage for organizational integrity.

William Marty Martin May 11, 2017

Henry Ford Health System Builds a Population Health Management Platform

The health system’s plan for value-based care involves centralizing core population health management functions and integrating data from multiple sources.

Laura Ramos Hegwer May 11, 2017

2 Ways to Achieve the Benefits of Rolling Forecasting

Rolling forecasting can be an effective approach for financial modeling and is flexible enough to meet varied organizational structures. It can help to increase accountability and encourage efficiency and other process improvements.

Jeff Goldstein May 11, 2017
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