Billing and Collections

Unlock Financial Stability and Growth: The Essential Role of Non-Recourse Patient Financing in Healthcare

Download this white paper to learn how your healthcare organization can utilize non-recourse patient financing as a powerful alternative to traditional collection methods, offering benefits like predictable revenue, reduced bad debt, and improved cash flow.

HFMA August 8, 2024

Proposed rule to halt credit-reporting of medical debt would have big ramifications for hospitals and other providers

A proposed rule from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) would curtail the inclusion of medical debt in credit evaluations, potentially shaking up healthcare billing and collections processes. The CFPB framed part of its rationale for the rule in the context of privacy, noting Congress previously limited the sharing of a patient’s medical information in…

Nick Hut June 21, 2024

Health system CEO tells Congress proposed 340B changes would be harmful to organizations like his

A health system executive visited Capitol Hill recently to provide the hospital perspective on the 340B Drug Pricing Program — a viewpoint that increasingly is coming under fire among policymakers. Matthew Perry, president and CEO of Genesis HealthCare System in Zanesville, Ohio, appeared at a House subcommittee hearing June 4 to give insight on why…

Nick Hut June 10, 2024

Cyberattack on Change Healthcare brings turmoil to healthcare operations nationwide

This blog presents HFMA’s running coverage of the Change Healthcare cyberattack and its impact on providers and the healthcare industry. July 29 updates A recent HFMA news article examined both UnitedHealth Group’s latest quarterly financial report and lingering issues for providers amid the ongoing cyberattack recovery. Receiving electronic remittance advice files remains a problem with…

Nick Hut February 25, 2024

How to Optimize Your Revenue Cycle through In-depth Assessment and Strategic Process Improvements

By adopting a comprehensive approach that includes regular assessment, process optimization, staff education and measurement, healthcare organizations can enhance efficiency, reduce costs and ultimately improve their financial health. Download this report to learn more.

HFMA February 20, 2024

10 keys to restoring trust in healthcare: a summary

Note: This article was adapted from a report on HFMA’s 2023 Fall Thought Leadership Retreat. The full report is available for downloading. The issue of restoring consumer trust in the U.S. healthcare system encompasses a wide range of concerns. Factors in the perceived loss of trust include anxiety and confusion over costs, entrenched inequity, misinformation…

Nick Hut January 30, 2024

Understanding the true cost to collect requires focusing on high-level KPIs

Revenue cycle management leaders from around the country share their perspectives on defining and maintaining a high-performance revenue cycle and the challenges they face in working to enhance revenue cycle management.

HFMA December 12, 2023

10 Keys to Restoring Trust in Healthcare

The issue of restoring consumer trust in the U.S. healthcare system encompasses a wide range of concerns. Factors in the perceived loss of trust include anxiety and confusion over costs, entrenched inequity, a glut of misinformation about vaccines and other treatments, and data and privacy breaches. To examine the problem and explore solutions, HFMA’s 16th…

Nick Hut December 7, 2023

PFC USA’s partnership approach ensures healthcare clients tackle regulatory and patient satisfaction issues

Review some tips from a company with 6.5 years of hands-on experience in helping its healthcare clients handle concerns in healthcare such as workforce shortages and a volatile regulatory environment.

HFMA September 29, 2023

HHS sets new administrative fee to be paid by parties in No Surprises Act independent dispute resolution cases

Oct. 6 update: The lead section of this article was updated where noted with news about the arbitration portal. The administrative fee for taking out-of-network payment disputes to arbitration under the No Surprises Act in 2024 would be significantly lower than it was for much of 2023, but triple the current rate, according to proposed…

Nick Hut September 22, 2023
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