Healthcare Finance Technology

Information is key to improving health of Americans while reducing healthcare costs

U.S. hospitals, and the healthcare industry overall, must learn to apply data more proactively if we are to begin to make meaningfully progress toward addressing the financial and social challenges besetting our healthcare system, says Daniel Marino, managing partner of Lumina Health Partners.

Eric C. Reese, PhD July 21, 2022

Even as costs surge, Medicare physician payments are scheduled to decrease in 2023

Medicare physician payments would decrease by more than 4% in 2023, according to a proposed rule.

Nick Hut July 11, 2022

Medicare spells out proposed conditions of participation for rural emergency hospitals

Seeking to shore up operations for rural hospitals, CMS issued a proposed rule that establishes recommended regulations for the new rural emergency hospital category.

Nick Hut July 5, 2022

Healthcare News of Note: Telemedicine use for cancer care should be more equitable

Healthcare News of Note for healthcare finance professionals is a roundup of recent news articles: There’s a need to address inequities in telemedicine use for cancer care, almost 25% of physicians report mistreatment, and most Medicare Advantage enrollees are satisfied with their plan.

Deborah Filipek June 30, 2022

HFMA’s Annual Conference: Karen DeSalvo talks about Google Health’s core strategies

Karen DeSalvo was honored with HFMA’s Board of Directors award, while keynote speaker Joel Selanikio discussed the potentially seismic impact in healthcare as the consumerization of technology accelerates.

Nick Hut June 30, 2022

Healthcare News of Note: Pandemic-era declines in patient experience confirmed by Leapfrog Group Hospital Safety Grade report

Healthcare News of Note for healthcare finance professionals is a roundup of recent news articles: A new study shows the patient experience worsened mid-pandemic, researchers are using machine learning to discover more about long-COVID, and UnitedHealth Group seeks to improve the chances that its planned acquisition of Change Healthcare will be allowed.

Deborah Filipek June 21, 2022

Healthcare News of Note: U.S. hospitals performed 106,474 unnecessary procedures on older adults during the ‘dangerous’ first year of COVID-19

Healthcare News of Note for healthcare finance professionals is a roundup of recent news articles: 106,474 unnecessary procedures were performed on older adults in hospitals early in the pandemic, 55% of patients in rural areas relied on telehealth to receive outpatient mental health and substance use services in March-August 2021, and women and people of color with chest pain wait longer to be seen by a physician.

Deborah Filipek June 21, 2022

HFMA’s latest Outlook Survey reflects a healthcare industry on more stable footing: 5 takeaways

Recent feedback from HFMA members signals that healthcare finance and administrative operations have returned to something closer to normal in recent months.

Nick Hut June 16, 2022

2022 healthcare trends driving change in patient financial engagement

Disruptive changes brought on by rising medical costs and increased patient cost sharing require an evolution in traditional patient billing and collection practices. Rapidly changing state and federal regulations, COVID-19, consumer behaviors and expectations, disrupters, technology and operational challenges impact healthcare in parallel.

HFMA May 31, 2022

Leveraging artificial intelligence to advance organizational strategy

When bringing artificial intelligence into their business models, health systems have the opportunity to improve revenue cycle management by maximizing efficiencies. With the potential to improve workflow and consolidate resources, automation and machine learning require organizations to examine their infrastructure, from staffing to datasets. Investing in automated processes to reduce variation and empower staff to…

HFMA May 31, 2022
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