Most healthcare organizations want to augment current EHR workflows and would consider flexible outsourcing contracts
This pulse survey shows that there is no one-size-fits-all solution for managing today’s revenue cycle challenges. Savvy healthcare organizations know they need a combination of actionable insights and high-performance work teams to be successful.
CareCredit healthcare credit card provides flexible payment options for both patients and healthcare providers
Read about one company's payment solution that gives patients a way to pay for out-of-pocket healthcare costs while enabling health care organizations to receive payment for services within two business days.
The Quadruple Aim: How robotic-assisted surgery helps organizations provide high-quality care at a lower cost
Read about how RAS can improve physician and patient satisfaction while simultaneously lowering costs, reducing complications and generating new net revenue.
Clinical audits and denials impact 3% or more of NPR being held in reserve
This pulse survey shows how healthcare organizations are currently tracking health system’s audits and denials from government and commercial payers.
3 considerations and 8 steps for creating an HaH program
The prediction that HaH programs would continue to proliferate across our nation’s healthcare system has proven to be on target.b it now seems clear the innovative care model of providing hospital-level care in a patient’s home as a substitute for acute inpatient hospital care is finally getting the attention it deserves from hospital systems. The growing…
A taxing opportunity for brave nonprofit health systems
Smart nonprofit health systems should pay their local, state and federal taxes as though they were for-profit companies. You did just read that. I contend that it makes business sense for leading nonprofit health systems to pony up and pay taxes. In the long run, health systems that start paying taxes will create a new…
3 ways healthcare providers should vet potential private equity partners
As their medical practices returned to near-normal operations recently, more than two years after COVID-19 restrictions were first imposed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), some practice owners found themselves taking stock of their livelihoods and future prospects. The pandemic caused many of them — including physician groups and health systems —…
News Briefs: TMA returns to court over concerns about the No Surprises Act’s arbitration process
The Texas Medical Association has gone to court for a second time in less than a year over the independent dispute resolution process that’s part of the No Surprises Act.
Joe Fifer: Adopting a health equity lens
This year, we dedicated HFMA’s annual Thought Leadership Retreat to the topic of health equity. That topic could be viewed as a bit of a departure for HFMA, given that our Association is focused on finance. But I strongly believe, along with the majority of our retreat participants, that healthcare stakeholders must use a health…
Why it can be a good idea for hospitals to stand up to government policy
Healthcare finance executives in the United States can take a lesson from an eye-opening book by Ted Giovanis, FHFMA, MBA, Beyond fear: How I fought the feds for six years — and won. In this book, Giovanis, a long-standing member of HFMA’s Maryland Chapter, chronicles how he identified an error in an arcane Medicare formula…