Amid ‘dire’ losses, some eye restart of hospital elective surgeries
As hospitals' financial losses mount, guidance emerges on restarting elective surgeries.
Gap between expenses and revenues narrows for community hospitals
Community hospital expenses moved closer to revenues between 2014 and 2018, according to the latest industry survey.
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.
Why healthcare organizations should adopt a transformational mindset coming out of COVID-19
As the healthcare industry starts to look beyond the COVID-19 pandemic, leaders should consider how they can go beyond recovery to transform their operations.
How one hospital relied on sound business and finance processes as the foundation of its cultural transformation initiative
One key to the success of Bergen New Bridge Medical Center’s cultural transformation was an accompanying focus on business and finance strategy, two leaders said during a presentation at HFMA’s Digital Annual Conference.
To improve revenue cycle KPIs, Nebraska Medicine focuses on employee engagement
Nebraska Medicine improved the performance of its revenue cycle operation by emphasizing employee engagement.
Balancing margin and mission in the business of healthcare requires collaboration between clinical and finance colleagues
HFMA's Todd Nelson says the pandemic, like few other healthcare crises before, has placed the need for communication, coordination and collaboration with our clinical colleagues, especially in the nursing areas, squarely front and center.
How one provider organization uses data reporting and analytics to transform healthcare operations
As part of HFMA’s Digital Annual Conference, leaders with Privia Health explained how they have applied a multistage process to optimize their data-reporting procedures and analytics platform.
Digital Annual Conference featured session will provide insight on applying behavioral economics to drive patient engagement
The field of behavioral economics offers key insights for healthcare stakeholders, including how to promote positive patient behaviors.
3 tactics for unlocking value in healthcare operations
Three organizations share their approaches and results from case studies they presented at the HFMA Digital Annual Conference around solutions driving improved operational and revenue cycle performance in healthcare.