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Create more accurate cost reports faster with BESLER’s Easy Work Papers

A cost report is a critical reimbursement tool, but as much as 80% of it is repetitive. Check out this solution that is designed to help hospitals automatically complete the areas that repeat, so their staff has more time to focus on areas that have a real impact on the hospital’s revenue.

HFMA September 27, 2024

Jill Geisler: 10 questions for leaders who want to be better delegators

Ask managers how they’re doing these days, and you’re likely to get the universal answer: “Busy. Really busy.” Today’s leaders must navigate meetings, projects, personnel issues, paperwork, planning, hiring, coaching, strategizing — and putting out the inevitable fires. But when a well-meaning person says, “Maybe you could delegate a few things,” it can frustrate the…

Jill Geisler September 25, 2024

David Johnson: 10 forces are combining to disrupt healthcare’s status quo

The U.S. healthcare system operates in much the same way it has for the past 100 years: always hospital-centric, physician-centric, disease-centric, treatment-centric and transaction-centric. Providers receive payment for the specific treatments they deliver. There is limited care coordination, little emphasis on prevention, inadequate provision of mental health services and woeful chronic disease management. The result…

David W. Johnson September 19, 2024

Why a health system’s growth strategy should include a build-versus-buy analysis

Recent market disruptions in the hospital industry make it imperative that health systems be precise in their capital planning for growth initiatives as part of an overall strategic vision. An essential goal for such planning is to find a balance between service line diversification and expansion, while maintaining sound financial results. Weighing the pros and…

Adam Davis September 19, 2024

How to respond to Medicare Advantage’s rising headwinds

Medicare Advantage has experienced rapid membership growth, but providers and payers are facing headwinds that are increasing contention and uncertainty, leading to a shift in power and potential implosion of the program.

Joyjit Saha Choudhury September 18, 2024

Networking and practical solutions are 2 of the top HFMA Community benefits

Some of the most active groups in HFMA’s online Community were formed as a result of member suggestions. That’s why Community managers listened when they recently received requests for new groups to discuss current events and needs. The 450-member strong Change Healthcare outage group is one prominent example. As the impact of the Change Healthcare…

Betty Hintch, CHFP September 18, 2024

Ken Perez: An assessment of the health policies of Kamala Harris and Donald Trump

The 2024 presidential election features a shift in policy position by Democratic Party candidate Kamala Harris, who has distanced herself from her previous advocacy of Medicare for All, while Republican Party candidate Donald Trump appears less intent on repealing the Affordable Care Act.

Ken Perez August 22, 2024

Premier’s AI platform offers a data-driven solution for medical group leaders

Learn about how Provider Practice Benchmarking allows medical group leaders to directly measure their performance across more than 150 physician and advanced practitioner specialties in a number of areas from a single reporting platform.

HFMA August 1, 2024

Healthcare organizations increasingly rely on third-party solutions for RCM tasks

While healthcare organizations rely on native EHR functionality for certain revenue cycle management (RCM) tasks, they increasingly look to third-party solutions for others. But what questions should they be asking? Check out key takeaways in this research report.

HFMA August 1, 2024

Ramifications of a proposed rule to halt credit reporting of medical debt

A proposed rule from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) would curtail the inclusion of medical debt in credit evaluations, potentially shaking up healthcare billing and collections processes. The CFPB framed part of its rationale for the June 11 rule in the context of privacy, noting Congress previously limited the sharing of a patient’s medical…

Nick Hut August 1, 2024
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