Financial Sustainability Report: August 2020
The August 2020 Financial Sustainability Report, sponsored by Kaufman Hall, offers healthcare finance leaders guidance on how to set compensation for physicians in surgical specialty areas and how to pursue a financially sustainable business model for virtual care,
Financial Sustainability Report: June 2020
The June issue of the Financial Sustainability Report, sponsored by Kaufman Hall, provides a broad range of new guidance for healthcare finance leaders on how to adapt and thrive in healthcare’s emerging new world in the aftermath of COVID-19.
Financial Sustainability Report: May 2020
The May issue of the Financial Sustainability Report, sponsored by Kaufman Hall, offers healthcare finance leaders insights that can help them develop long-term solutions for recovering and thriving in the new healthcare landscape that emerges after the COVID-19 pandemic.
Providers urge Congress to act quickly on COVID-19 assistance, value-based payment
Hospitals and other providers are urging the lame-duck Congress to provide more COVID-19 provider relief and to tweak rules for physicians in value-based payment models.
COVID-19’s impact on healthcare drives the need for a consumer focus
Healthcare providers require a consumer focus to be able to address the many profound and ongoing impacts of COVID-19, including patient anxiety, reduced patient volumes, unfavorable changes in payer mix and poor financial performance.
Chronic conditions, other health issues have worsened during the pandemic, physician survey finds
The health of patients, including those with chronic diseases, is worsening during the pandemic, say clinicians.
Democratic advisers expect new (and some continued) healthcare policies under Biden
A Biden administration is likely to try new healthcare policy approaches and to build on some from the Trump administration, say Democratic advisers.
Healthcare revenue cycle leaders, it’s your move
Healthcare providers can benefit from using a chess-inspired strategy to rebuild the revenue cycle after COID-19, as they continue to prepare or value-based care.
HFMA recommended coronavirus resources
The coronavirus is affecting the healthcare industry in unprecedented ways, and HFMA wants to help you stay up to date on the latest news about the outbreak. Come back to this page regularly for coronavirus resources, selected specifically for healthcare finance professionals, including Medicare information on regulations and guidelines, COVID-19 test pricing, COVID-19 coding, telehealth billing FAQs and more.
CMS’s latest guidance for healthcare organizations on the new coronavirus
The HFMA editorial team will continuously post the latest announcements from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) related to the COVID-19 outbreak.