2017 Director/Manager of Patient Financial Services Compensation Survey
HFMA presents its 2017 survey results from HFMA members who are employed as directors or managers of patient financial services.
2017 Director/Manager of Accounting Compensation Survey
HFMA presents its 2017 compensation survey results from HFMA members who are employed as directors or managers of accounting.
2017 Compensation Survey Results
Designed and conducted by HFMA, this survey of HFMA members contains data on 12 healthcare finance positions in hospitals and health systems.
Integrating Behavioral Health Care and Primary Care
Various obstacles historically have prevented the integration of behavioral health care with primary care—but stakeholders see the tide turning, as they discuss in the latest installment of HFMA’s Healthcare Challenge Roundtable.
Incorporating Value in Behavioral Health
Healthcare stakeholders increasingly are taking steps to improve behavioral health care with an eye toward lowering costs, improving care quality, and improving the health of populations.
Connecting the Dots
Healthcare organizations should recognize the link between the care of chronic conditions and the care of addiction, writes Joseph J. Fifer, FHFMA, CPA, president and CEO, HFMA.
Health System Develops Productivity and Quality Standards for Remote Employees
Texas Health Resources revenue cycle leaders measure productivity for remote workers by evaluating the daily number of accounts employees secure for insurance authorizations and pre-registrations.
Texas Health Resources Work-from-Home Program Increases Productivity, Employee Satisfaction
Since 2013, the health system has allowed more than 300 revenue cycle staff members to work from home. Employee evaluations show that remote workers perform at 113 percent productivity, while staff working in the office perform at 108 percent of the expected productivity level.
Optimizing Care Transitions
Luis Castillo describes how healthcare organizations can help patients make smoother transitions to post-acute facilities.
Physician Advisers: Bridging the Divides in Health Care
In recent years, healthcare professionals have faced increasing pressure to provide high-quality care to optimize payment. Simultaneously, they have had to strive to reduce inefficiencies in patient throughput and healthcare delivery to comply with regulations promulgated by government and commercial payers.