Humana partners with private equity firm to expand its primary care capabilities
Humana employing primary care physicians will help improve financial results for its plans by increasing HCC and Stars scores (increased revenue) and reduce medical expenses by improving care management and using claims data to make referrals to lower-cost providers.
2020 vision: What to expect in healthcare finance over the next decade
Healthcare industry thought leaders share their perspectives on trends and developments that are likely to have an impact on the industry in the next decade.
HFMA announces new event aimed at healthcare financial sustainability
HFMA announces the Financial Sustainability Summit, a national conference for healthcare executives designed to help the address the most pressing challenges facing health systems today.
Increased FTC scrutiny of hospital deals coming, commissioner says
Federal regulators plan to challenge several ongoing hospital transactions and are considering expanding the scope of their challenges.
Cautionary tales: Why some payer-provider initiatives have stumbled
Health system leaders that are considering launching a provider-sponsored health plan can take a lesson from the experiences of organizations that faced challenges in pursuing such a strategy.
The healthcare CFO of the future: How finance leaders are adapting to relentless change
As the healthcare industry acclimates to disruption, the CFO role steadily is becoming more strategic and expansive, as shown in the experiences of four health system finance leaders.
Bipartisan policy group aims to slash hospital budgets
A group of policy advisers, researchersa nd politicians are urging a range of measures to cut spending on hospitals.
Innovation in hospitals can ‘turbocharge’ advances
Once you learn innovation processes, and the tools used by peers, you can apply innovation anywhere in your organization.
If CINs could talk, what would they tell hospitals?
Integration: Clinically integrated networks (CINs) require increased attention if they are to fulfill their full potential for delivering good, cost-effective care.
M&A trend: More acquisitions of small or ‘distressed’ hospitals
Hospital M&A deals in 2019 have included increasing shares of financially distressed and smaller hospitals.