Healthcare Business Trends

Accessing insight, opportunities and resources to drive innovation in healthcare

Organizations should acknowledge and respond to existing and emerging trends as they navigate through the current public health crisis and also maintain longterm financial viability. Learn variations to successfully achieve innovation.

HFMA November 30, 2020

News briefs: December-January 2020-21: Recent trends shaping healthcare finance

Read about the key factors that have shaped healthcare finance policy and practice.

Rich Daly November 27, 2020

6 questions about healthcare integration in the 2020s

The question about whether to integrate was answered more than a decade ago. The questions now are, “How do we take full advantage of integration?” and “What do we integrate next and how?”

Keith D. Moore, MCP November 25, 2020

‘The Times They Are A-Changin’ ‘

HFMA's Chair comments on the need for strong leadership through times of changes, citing Thomas Friedman's prediction of a coming "revolution inm edication and work."

Michael M. Allen, FHFMA, CPA November 25, 2020

HFMA recommended coronavirus resources

The coronavirus is affecting the healthcare industry in unprecedented ways, and HFMA wants to help you stay up to date on the latest news about the outbreak. Come back to this page regularly for coronavirus resources, selected specifically for healthcare finance professionals, including Medicare information on regulations and guidelines, COVID-19 test pricing, COVID-19 coding, telehealth billing FAQs and more.

HFMA November 16, 2020

CMS’s latest guidance for healthcare organizations on the new coronavirus

The HFMA editorial team will continuously post the latest announcements from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) related to the COVID-19 outbreak.

HFMA November 16, 2020

COVID-19 exacerbates bankruptcy for at-risk hospitals

HFMA's Chad Mulvany says there will be a greater number of hospital bankruptcies the longer Congress and the administration dither on additional relief to providers and if more providers have to reduce the volume of non-emergent services due to spiking COVID-19 cases.

Chad Mulvany, FHFMA November 9, 2020

News briefs October 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.

Rich Daly October 29, 2020

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.

Rich Daly October 29, 2020

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.

Ken Perez October 29, 2020
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