Inflation rattles hospital supply chain and labor pool with no end in sight
Strategies for combatting healthcare’s inflation challenges include partnering with other organizations to obtain supply discounts and boosting worker mental health.
CVS Health gains capabilities in home healthcare and value-based care with massive deal to buy Signify Health
CVS Health’s announced acquisition of Signify Health is a key step in the company’s efforts to establish a comprehensive healthcare network.
Joe Fifer: Why finance leaders should be consumer-obsessed
HFMA President and CEO Joe Fifer offers perspectives on how the changing healthcare marketplace impacts legacy healthcare stakeholders.
The CommerceHealthcare® AP Card converts paper-based supplier payments to virtual card payments
Find out how one bank helps healthcare organizations innovate to meet urgent mandates to improve the patient financial experience and enhance market position in the face of rising consumerism and heightened competition.
How healthy food incentives can help solve our nation’s problem with unhealthy eating
To help patients dealing with a lack of access to healthy foods, providers should consider partnering with an organization that can help them provide these patients with the means for purchasing healthy food using technology such as swipe cards or mobile e-vouchers, The ability to track such purchases can allow a provider to more effectively work with these patients to address dietary issues, says Sam Jonas of Snap2Save, a developer of this approach.
Marcus Whitney: Inflation puts innovation pressure on healthcare executives
In the wake of the COVID-19 crisis, healthcare is encountering something it has not seen since the 1980s: severe value network disruption in the form of labor shortages and supply costs.
Paul Keckley: 4 implications of the post-pandemic U.S. economy for healthcare
Reports about the state of the U.S. economy after the first six months of 2022 warn of a slowdown in the post-pandemic recovery. Healthcare provider organizations should prepare for four factors related to this slowdown that will shape healthcare's future.
Healthcare News of Note: Oracle-Cerner deal has the potential to transform healthcare
Healthcare News of Note for healthcare finance professionals is a roundup of recent news articles: Oracle’s purchase of Cerner has the potential to transform the healthcare industry, Medicare spending on physician services during 2020 never recovered to pre-pandemic levels, and patients would leave a provider after a data breach of personal information.
The implications of Amazon’s deal to buy One Medical: What healthcare providers should know
Amazon’s announced purchase of One Medical for nearly $4 billion should spur providers to fortify their primary care strategies.
How healthcare organizations can take the lead in the nation’s quest to improve health equity
Improving health equity in the United States is a challenge that is beyond the ability of the healthcare to meet on its own. But many of the ways our healthcare system currently operates exacerbate health inequity — and that is a problem we can cure.