Protecting Against Cybersecurity Threats
With the increasing sophistication of cyberattacks in health care, hospitals and health systems must make sure they have effective cybersecurity infrastructures to protect themselves and their patients from such attacks.
Pivoting Revenue Cycle Efforts to Resolve New Financial Realities
Shifts in payment trends require healthcare organizations to work more effectively with insurers and patients.
New Approaches for Improving the Cost of Care
Data provided by internal and external sources can give healthcare providers valuable insight into areas for cost improvement.
5 Pitfalls to Avoid When Considering Security Staff Benchmarks
Clyde Hewitt presents areas of concern when determining appropriate staffing for information security.
A Push to Streamline Value-Based Payment
Value-based payment is ripe to repeat past fee-for-service problems—widespread slowdowns as each entity took different approaches to data collection and sharing and, as a result, hampering interactions. CAQH CORE is getting in front of these challenges now.
How to Get Involved in CAQH CORE’s Work
CAQH CORE currently is forming groups to work on healthcare data standardization. Healthcare finance professionals are a core constituent and CAQH welcomes their participation.
Justifying Expansion of CDI Programs: A Case Study
On hospital’s experience in broadening the focus of its clinical document improvement (CDI) program from just Medicare to all payers shows how healthcare providers can benefit financially from such a change.
Driving Greater ROI from Patient Engagement
Gary Hamilton describes the ways healthcare organizations can use technology to engage patients.
Delivering on Potential: The RTLS Effect on Productivity
A North Dakota health system has seen positive results in patient wait times and staff productivity by using real-time location system technology.
Cohort Reports from the 2018 Annual Conference
HFMA presents reports detailing strategies on cost reduction, consumerism, and business intelligence and analytics.