Amid ‘dire’ losses, some eye restart of hospital elective surgeries
As hospitals' financial losses mount, guidance emerges on restarting elective surgeries.
Gap between expenses and revenues narrows for community hospitals
Community hospital expenses moved closer to revenues between 2014 and 2018, according to the latest industry survey.
How The Johns Hopkins Hospital uses financial, operational and clinical collaboration to achieve cost savings
Using a framework for managing financial performance improvement across its enterprise that involved collaboration among finance, operations and clinicians, The Johns Hopkins Hospital was able to create many opportunities for costs savings and long-term financial success.
How a New Jersey health system’s integration effort helped leaders navigate the COVID-19 pandemic
A culture of collaboration put Virtua Health on the right track for rapid recovery when COVID-19 interrupted integration efforts.
Change Healthcare-Harris Poll study: Every step in the process is a chore for healthcare consumers
Consumers struggle with finding, accessing and paying for healthcare, according to a study presented at HFMA's Digital Annual Conference.
How a hospital used expansive patient questioning to improve their experience
How a hospital used patient surveys to change and then monitor approaches to improve their financial experience.
HFMA’s Digital Annual Conference continues Aug. 12 and Aug. 14 with more virtual education for healthcare finance professionals
HFMA's Digital Annual Conference continues Aug. 12 and Aug. 14 with a focus on optimizing performance with the latest KPIs, using analytics strategies to lower cost and maximize revenue and using behavioral economics to engage patients.
How Spectrum Health built an effective work-from-home policy
Responding to workplace challenges posed by the COVID-19, Spectrum Health in Grand Rapids, Mich., transformed its work-from-home policy approach into one that worked for all aspects of the revenue cycle — back, middle and front end — while establishing metrics to monitor and measure productivity and quality.
Transparency push will continue, won’t increase prices, Verma tells HFMA audience
CMS Administrator Seema Verma said the Trump administration will continue with price transparency initiatives, and she believes they will not increase healthcare prices.
Hospitals share lessons learned from AI ‘workers’
Hospital finance leaders have found opportunity and challenge from their growing use of artificial intelligence within their finance operations.