Survey: COVID-19 profoundly affecting patient collections and financial assistance programs
This report focuses on key takeaways of the COVID-19 pandemic’s effect on patient collections at healthcare facilities based on an HFMA online survey for Digital Annual Conference attendees.
Engaging in risk management to safeguard strategic priorities
As a hospital or health system, learn what it means to commit to anticipating, planning for and mitigating risks going forward, whether those relate to the COVID-19 pandemic’s continuing evolution or other large-scale events.
News briefs November 2020: Trends in hospital volumes and margins, and other forces shaping healthcare finance
Read about the key factors that have shaped healthcare finance policy and practice.
Promoting a more diverse and inclusive healthcare finance workforce is everyone’s job
HFMA President and CEO Joe Fifer discusses what healthcare leaders can do to improve diversity and inclusion in healthcare leadership.
6 common ground healthcare issues that may help in overcoming discord
In the nation's current political climate and the prevailing partisan divide, healthcare is home to six issues where there is political common ground that could lead to bipartisan solutions.
Deconstructing the CMS price transparency rule
By Jan. 1, 2021, hospitals and health systems must create and make public a list of standard charges for the top items and services they provide, per CMS. An executive discusses the challenges and opportunities this presents in this overview.
Hospitals predict significant shifts in payer mix, revenue cycle operations post pandemic
In an HFMA conducted survey, 151 healthcare leaders answered questions about their projections for payer mix, consumer and employee experience strategies, revenue cycle IT budgets, electronic health record satisfaction and price transparency preparedness.
Reimagining the revenue cycle today to benefit us tomorrow
In this executive roundtable, eight revenue cycle leaders share their insight on what new innovations the healthcare revenue cycle will see following COVID-19 and how the pandemic changed the ways in which revenue cycle leaders think about technology investment.
Ripple effects of the pandemic on the move toward value
In this HFMA executive roundtable, seven executives for health systems and health plans share how the pandemic has impacted their organization’s move toward value — and what it will take to foster transparency and trust under these models.
Why humanizing technology maximizes patient engagement and increases financial value for health systems
Going digital has become a buzzword in the healthcare industry, and while answers abound to help healthcare leaders achieve this goal, the right question is hardly ever asked.