Spectrum Health employees accept challenge to earn HFMA certifications
Amy Assenmacher challenges Spectrum Health revenue cycle employees to earn HFMA certification. Peg Burnette and Jeff Hurst selected for new CFO positions.
‘Stuck in the Middle With You’
HFMA's chair urges healthcare finance leaders to be intentional in encouraging many voices to be heard, recognizing cognitive biases that are misleading and helping guide decisions to the best possible outcome.
How it works: hfm’s ‘Expert Reviewed’ status is hard earned
Articles designated as "expert reviewed" in hfm must go through a rigorous vetting process to earn that label and be published in the magazine.
‘Auld Lang Syne’
Michael M. Allen, FHFMA, CPA, reflects on the past two years as his extended term as HFMA's National Chair draws to a close.
Atlas Health: Helping healthcare providers offer patients philanthropic financial assistance
Learn how one company uses a database of more than 10,000 philanthropic programs to tap into funds available for patient medical costs associated with care for chronic diseases, rare conditions or high-cost therapies.
Herd immunity and the prospect of seeing an end to the COVID-19 crisis
There are widespread expectations that the United States will achieve herd immunity against COVID-19 within the coming year, and possibly by this summer.
Why bigger isn’t better when it comes to the cost effectiveness of health
HFMA President and CEO Joe Fifer reflects on the need to assess cost effectiveness of health through the eyes of care purchasers.
The AAHA and the tumult of Medicare
Passage of Medicare in 1965 would have a profound effect on the American Association of Hospital Accounting, resulting in a change of name and direction for the Association.
News briefs: CMS reduces Medicare payments by 25% for many providers as part of loan recoupment
News briefs for May include recoupment of Medicare advance payments, a potential issue with hospitals' 340B eligibility, and more.
HFMA Claim Integrity Task Force seeks to standardize denial metrics
A new task force is looking to improve the data and KPIs needed to further reduce denials.