Finance and Business Strategy

ZDoggMD: How to get to healthcare 3.0

Motivational healthcare speaker urges changes to encourage and allow providers to engage emotionally with patients and drive real change.

Rich Daly June 25, 2019

3 details for healthcare providers to know before taking on risk

Providers looking to take on downside ACO risk need to first understand three determinants of success.

Rich Daly June 25, 2019

Healthcare Finance Leaders Should Belong to the Heartbeat of Progress

HFMA President and CEO Joe Fifer shares highlights of HFMA’s new initiative to reinvent the membership experience.

Joseph J. Fifer, FHFMA, CPA June 24, 2019

Understanding the unique demands of ambulatory care settings

Successful ambulatory care transitions require a focus on consumer-centric needs and a strong investment strategy, according to a workshop presented at HFMA’s 2019 Annual Conference.

HFMA June 24, 2019

Little progress seen in mitigating prior-authorization challenges

Prior-authorization challenges appear to be worsening for providers, despite a 2018 payer-provider effort to address such problems.

Rich Daly June 23, 2019

What’s the blueprint for taking on risk?

Providers and health plans need to collaborate — both in the planning and execution of risk-based contracts — in order to make them work.

Rich Daly June 23, 2019

Providers press CMS for details amid lingering uncertainty about new primary care models

The possibility of conflicts between Medicare payment models joined the customary concern about benchmarking details in provider feedback on coming primary care models, an administration official said.

Rich Daly June 20, 2019

Marcus Whitney says it’s time healthcare leaders embrace disruption

Industry disruption presents opportunities for established healthcare organizations to partner with emerging companies. For that to happen, the entrepreneur says, leaders need to find the right mindset.

Laura Ramos Hegwer June 20, 2019

Integration supports Presbyterian’s ‘Complete Care’ program

Presbyterian Healthcare Services, based in Albuquerque, is a locally owned, not-for-profit health system of nine hospitals, a statewide health plan and a growing multispecialty medical group. We serve one in three New Mexicans through our healthcare services and insurance coverage. For Presbyterian patients with serious, complex medical needs, we offer a high-touch program that combines primary,…

Nancy Guinn, MD June 19, 2019

Analysis: Effect of expansion of pre-tax accounts for employees to purchase insurance

HFMA's Chad Mulvany shares the possible impact of a proposed rule that allows employers to make pre-tax contributions for employees to purchase individual coverage starting in 2020.

Chad Mulvany, FHFMA June 19, 2019
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