Benchmarking and Forecasting

Latest patient volume data highlights some of the challenges facing hospitals in the COVID-19 era

Hospital patient volumes show signs of rebounding in some areas but continue to lag in others, especially in the ED.

Nick Hut February 9, 2021

How one hospital relied on sound business and finance processes as the foundation of its cultural transformation initiative

One key to the success of Bergen New Bridge Medical Center’s cultural transformation was an accompanying focus on business and finance strategy, two leaders said during a presentation at HFMA’s Digital Annual Conference.

Nick Hut January 22, 2021

How one provider organization uses data reporting and analytics to transform healthcare operations

As part of HFMA’s Digital Annual Conference, leaders with Privia Health explained how they have applied a multistage process to optimize their data-reporting procedures and analytics platform.

Nick Hut January 22, 2021

Medicare Advantage concepts come to Medicare fee-for-service with Geographic Direct Contracting Model

While the MA Stars Rating program is a bonus program where plans can earn additional revenue for achieving high scores, quality in the Geographic Direct Contracting program is treated more like a penalty, says HFMA's Chad Mulvany.

Chad Mulvany, FHFMA December 17, 2020

CMS unveils the Geographic Direct Contracting model

The Geographic Direct Contracting model will test full-risk arrangements for healthcare entities serving thousands of Medicare beneficiaries within defined geographic areas.

Rich Daly December 9, 2020

HFMA’s online Community continues to grow and evolve

The completion of HFMA’s major upgrade to its online Community platform just as COVID-19 pandemic was provided an improved networking experience and way to get answers to healthcare finance industry questions.

Melanie Binder October 30, 2020

How leading health system CFOs are staying agile on the road to recovery

Making strategic decisions in the current environment is difficult, but CFOs are leading their organizations by creating a more performance-based culture and adopting an agile financial planning approach.

Lesley Weisenbacher October 9, 2020

Roll with The Changes

An article that discusses the value of timely, automated business analytics in navigating the financial and operational challenges brought on by the public health crisis.

HFMA August 31, 2020

A 5-step process to achieve and sustain physician preference item cost reduction

To identify and reduce the costs of physician preference items, hospitals and health systems should use a five-step process that begins with cleaning and organizing PPI cost and utilization data.

Joseph A. Jackson August 7, 2020

How to manage risk-based payment in the era of the global pandemic

To succeed with risk-based contracts through the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond, healthcare organizations require analytic capabilities for modeling the revenue impact of the crisis through all its phases.

Thomas Persichetti, FCA, ASA, MAAA August 4, 2020
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