Healthcare Finance Technology

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.

David Lee, JD August 29, 2018

Pivoting Revenue Cycle Efforts to Resolve New Financial Realities

Shifts in payment trends require healthcare organizations to work more effectively with insurers and patients.

Theresa Hush August 29, 2018

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.

Theresa Hush August 17, 2018

5 Pitfalls to Avoid When Considering Security Staff Benchmarks

Clyde Hewitt presents areas of concern when determining appropriate staffing for information security.

Clyde Hewitt August 17, 2018

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.

Erin Richter Weber August 15, 2018

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.

HFMA August 15, 2018

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.

Autumn Reiter August 14, 2018

Driving Greater ROI from Patient Engagement

Gary Hamilton describes the ways healthcare organizations can use technology to engage patients. 

Gary Hamilton August 14, 2018

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.

Jill Wilson August 8, 2018

Cohort Reports from the 2018 Annual Conference

HFMA presents reports detailing strategies on cost reduction, consumerism, and business intelligence and analytics.

HFMA August 8, 2018
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