How human capital analytics can help providers attract and keep top talent
Many healthcare workers have considered leaving the field after the COVID-19 pandemic. One company provides details on how to motivate the qualified employees with more than just compensation, benefits and rewards.
HFMA, Boise State launch innovative Master in Population and Health Systems Management degree
The Healthcare Financial Management Association and Boise State University are launching the Master’s in Population and Health Systems Management degree in August.
What the pandemic taught us about leadership: Key takeaways
Lessons learned during the pandemic can ease the transition back to the office and set up leaders for future success.
From ‘necessary evil’ to absolutely necessary: the evolution of healthcare finance
HFMA President and CEO Joe Fifer reflects on the evolution of healthcare finance as a profession, and the concurrent evolution of HFMA.
Former HFMA National Chair Phyllis Cowling receives healthcare administration award
Phyllis Cowling receives Earl M. Collier Award for Distinguished Health Care Administration. Jennifer Bertrand, Gregg Garrison and Sophia Holder are new CFOs.
Intuitive: The Role of Data Analytics in Healthcare: 5 Key Learnings from the HFMA 2019 Annual Conference Focus Group
This report offers key takeaways from a 2019 HFMA Annual Conference focus group in which several senior financial leaders discuss the challenges and opportunities in leveraging data analytics to improve utilization, clinical outcome, and financial performance.
4 strategies for an AI-driven approach to improve revenue cycle performance
Automating certain revenue cycle practices can help healthcare organizations improve performance.
How a dashboard and an 8-step process helped a hospital slash drug costs
Penn-Presbyterian Medical Center reduced its cost for anesthesia medications by creating a dashboard to assess usage patterns and using a change management process to encourage providers to embrace improvement opportunities.
Medicare for All — for what?
When seeking solutions for problems facing the industry, healthcare finance leaders should take an objective approach, seeking to clearly frame the problem the solutions are intended to address.
Critical access hospitals reap benefits of HFMA Enterprise Membership
HFMA’s Enterprise Membership program offers critical access hospitals vital tools and resources that their leaders and team members need to succeed in today’s ever-changing healthcare landscape.