How Providers and Insurers can Collaborate to Manage the Cost of Genetic Testing
The cost of genetic testing and therapy, often a deterrent to a potentially beneficial treatment, can be made more manageable if providers and insurers work together.
How to Grow High-Value Service Lines Effectively
Growing top-performing service lines can be an effective strategy for healthcare organizations to advance their business objectives.
On Costs, Congress Eyes Transparency, Billing, Consolidation
July 2—Members of Congress say they are increasingly concerned about rising healthcare costs and are looking at policies around transparency, balance billing, and provider consolidation.
The Shift to Outpatient TKA—What’s the Big Deal?
Hospitals should prepare for the impending revenue impact of a shift of total knee arthroplasty (TKA) procedures from inpatient to outpatient settings by developing strategies to retain market share for TKA.
3 Keys to Defending a Healthcare Organization’s Margins
As the healthcare industry transitions from volume-based to value-based payment, healthcare organizations must establish priorities and prepare to assume risk in select areas of focus. To do this, providers must develop an understanding of the precise costs for individual encounters, procedures, and episodes of care, and hone in on specific cost drivers.
Optimizing Care Delivery Through Perioperative Value-Based Care
A focus on value during perioperative care can result in better financial and clinical performance.
The Golden Hour for Member Engagement: Onboarding and Pre-Boarding for Lower Costs and Improved Healthcare Consumer Experience
Cynthia Nustad describes how commercial health plans can improve consumer communication.
It’s All Connected: Tackling a Newly Recognized Health Issue
HFMA President and CEO Joseph J. Fifer explains why traditional healthcare stakeholders are going beyond conventional boundaries to address a different kind of health issue—loneliness.
How Companies Can Reap the Benefits of Diversity and Inclusion
Workplace initiatives to enhance workforce diversity and inclusiveness give companies a competitive advantage, says D&I expert Kim Drumgo.
A Comprehensive Approach to Engaging Physicians
Giving physician leaders better tools to conduct annual performance reviews has helped one Canadian hospital provide more meaningful feedback to physicians and improved engagement. More engaged physicians have helped the organization raise its patient satisfaction scores.