Finance and Business Strategy

Medxcel Facilities Management: Working Smarter to Make Organizations Safer

Michael Argir, CEO and president of Medxcel Facilities Management, discusses the value and benefits of insourcing facilities-management services. 

HFMA February 2, 2017

3 Ways to Transform Pre and Point of Service Patient Payments

Automating billing processes, offering patient-friendly payment options, and developing strategic discharge processes can improve pre- and point-of service collections, while increasing patient satisfaction.

Tom Yoesle January 31, 2017

How Carolinas HealthCare System Improved Transparency and Curbed Denials

New processes and automation helped the health system cut denied dollars in half for radiology services alone.Back in 2007, leaders at Carolinas HealthCare System, Charlotte, N.C., wanted to make their pre service processes more efficient and effective. Specifically, they wanted

Laura Ramos Hegwer January 31, 2017

Productivity Growth Remains a Key Success Factor in the New Healthcare Economy

There is little question that 2017 will be another year of unprecedented change for health care, potentially signaling another positive step toward better aligning systems to achieve the Triple Aim.

Daniel R. Verdon January 31, 2017

Video: Taking Career Risks Can Pay Off

Joanne Judge, co-chair of the Health Law Department at Stevens & Lee, talks about risks she has taken as CFO, CEO, and as a healthcare attorney and how risk-taking has benefited her career. 

HFMA January 30, 2017

Helping Clinical Leadership Manage and Control Nurse Staffing Costs

Clinical and financial staff must work together in order to create a nurse staffing strategy that serves the organization’s needs.

Spence Lloyd January 30, 2017

Patient Engagement: Establishing Patients as Partners in Care

Dorothy Fisher, MD, writes that successfully engaging patients requires thinking like them and offering robust resources and service choices.

Dorothy Y. Fisher January 24, 2017

Consumer Engagement in the Wake of the Election

At a time of potential turmoil in health care, organization leaders must be more mindful than ever of the need to earn consumers’ trust.

FHFMA January 24, 2017

Developing New Ideas to Improve Children’s Health

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia has established an innovation infrastructure for converting employees’ ideas into products and services that improve care.

Laura Ramos Hegwer January 24, 2017

How to Assess Cultural Fit in a Merger

One health system used a structured cultural assessment to guide its decision making heading into merger talks.

B.G. Porter January 24, 2017
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