How healthcare organizations can use behavioral economics to get desired results from patients and staff
Karen Horgan, CEO of VAL Health, reviewed how healthcare finance professionals can use behavioral economics to get the outcomes they want from both patients and staff during an Aug. 14 session at HFMA's Digital Annual Conference.
From rules and regulations to innovation and disruption: The best of HFMA’s 2020 Digital Annual Conference
HFMA’s Annual Conference went all-digital for the first time in 2020, showcasing relevant content to a virtual audience of healthcare finance professionals.
Why the internal audit function serves as a bulwark against risk for healthcare organizations
Internal audit is a risk-management function that becomes increasingly important for hospitals and health systems in times of crisis, such as the COVID-19 pandemic.
Although relaxed regulations under Stark Law and anti-kickback statutes encourage better care coordination for patients, there’s also higher risks of noncompliance
The new Stark law and Anti-Kickback Statute changes provide exciting new opportunities to providers to better coordinate care. But with these new opportunities come new areas of compliance that will need to be addressed.
How the COVID-19 pandemic and other factors are affecting credit ratings in the not-for-profit healthcare sector
At HFMA’s Digital Annual Conference, an analyst with Moody’s described the ratings agency’s approach to assessing the outlook for the not-for-profit healthcare industry and individual organizations amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Why healthcare organizations should adopt a transformational mindset coming out of COVID-19
As the healthcare industry starts to look beyond the COVID-19 pandemic, leaders should consider how they can go beyond recovery to transform their operations.
HFMA’s Digital Annual Conference continues July 15 and July 17 with more virtual education for healthcare finance professionals
HFMA's Digital Annual Conference continues July 15 and July 17 with sessions to help healthcare finance professionals handle revenue cycle and clinical care challenges amid the pandemic.
Offense or defense? Why a healthcare provider should identify its financial persona as part of a revenue growth strategy
A hospital or health system should identify its financial persona as an initial step in developing strategies to diversify revenue and improve its margin, according to a presentation at HFMA’s Digital Annual Conference.
HHS postpones deadline for hospitals to comply with Provider Relief Fund reporting requirements
With new legislation having modified the rules governing the reporting of Provider Relief Fund payments, HHS has indefinitely postponed the Feb. 15 reporting deadline.
Healthcare News of Note: Noncompliance with new price transparency rules appears to be common
CMS's auditing of price transparency commpliance and Tennessee's Medicaid block grant program waiver getting approved are two topics in Healthcare News of Note. Also, HFMA revamps its “Voices in Healthcare Finance” podcast.