Reconsidering post-acute care options
HFMA President and CEO Joe Fifer highlights the need to consider post-acute care in the context of reducing the total cost of care.
Consolidating Answering Services After Mergers Contains Costs, Increases Physician Satisfaction
Piedmont Healthcare stabilizes costs, improves clinical efficiency, and boost physician satisfaction through careful consolidation of physician answering services.
How to advance projects amid rising capital costs
What is the significance of rising capital costs for healthcare organization’s construction projects and how planning can account for it.
Hospitals cut safety-related patient deaths by 22% since 2016: Leapfrog
A national safety-grading group concluded that a combination of factors enabled hospitals to reduce annual safety-related deaths by 45,000, or 22%, since 2016.
Viewing Sustainability Through the Cost-Savings Lens
Sustainability strategies like installing fluid management systems in the operating rooms (ORs) can improve safety and reduce waste and associated costs.
Analysis: UnitedHealthcare expands MA bundled payment plan offerings for 2020
HFMA’s Chad Mulvany says UnitedHealthcare’s move to expand its bundled payment offerings to providers in its Medicare Advantage plans in more than 30 states is a step in the right direction in support of providers’ efforts to transition to value-based payment models.
8 Tips for Long-Range Cost Savings in Healthcare Construction
Savvy project management can reduce construction costs and improve patient satisfaction.
Chronic Disease Most Significant Factor in Care Cost Variation
A recent study by HFMA and other partners revealed the factors that impact total cost of care.
Analysis: N.C. House of Representatives stalls reference-based pricing plan
HFMA’s Chad Mulvany looks at the trend of states basing (or considering basing) hospital and physician service payment rates for employees on a percentage of Medicare.
Analysis: CVS, Walgreens look to the chronically ill for a pharmacy cure
HFMA’s Chad Mulvany looks at how insurers’ claims data could be used by CVS and Walgreens walk-in clinic care teams to flag high-risk patients and provide tailored care plans.