News Briefs: CMS says it plans aggressive price transparency enforcement
CMS has notified hospitals that they should expect aggressive enforcement of new price transparency rules, including via audits that were slated to start in January.
‘History favors the bold’: The digital transformation mandate for the healthcare industry
Hospitals and health systems need to implement digital technologies and processes to keep up with societal and industry changes, according to a featured presentation at HFMA’s Digital Annual Conference.
The pandemic’s disruption of the healthcare industry creates opportunities for innovative organizations
HFMA's Chad Mulvany says the sheer scale of disruption from the pandemic to providers’ finances, purchasers’ pocketbooks and care delivery models should create opportunities for innovative organizations.
Employers seek shelter from healthcare cost increases in public option
If plans and providers can’t collaborate to control healthcare cost, employers will look to the government to do so.
Nov. 18-22: 4 HFMA webinars are among next week’s healthcare finance events
HFMA webinars are among the major healthcare finance events taking place the week of Nov. 17.
Oct. 26-Nov. 1: Innovation meeting among national healthcare events
The HLTH conference in Las Vegas is pitched as the largest annual healthcare innovation conference in the nation.
Amid ‘dire’ losses, some eye restart of hospital elective surgeries
As hospitals' financial losses mount, guidance emerges on restarting elective surgeries.
HFMA’s Digital Annual Conference continues Aug. 12 and Aug. 14 with more virtual education for healthcare finance professionals
HFMA's Digital Annual Conference continues Aug. 12 and Aug. 14 with a focus on optimizing performance with the latest KPIs, using analytics strategies to lower cost and maximize revenue and using behavioral economics to engage patients.
Hospitals share lessons learned from AI ‘workers’
Hospital finance leaders have found opportunity and challenge from their growing use of artificial intelligence within their finance operations.
How healthcare organizations can use behavioral economics to get desired results from patients and staff
Karen Horgan, CEO of VAL Health, reviewed how healthcare finance professionals can use behavioral economics to get the outcomes they want from both patients and staff during an Aug. 14 session at HFMA's Digital Annual Conference.