HFMA

Cedar’s CEO and co-founder tackles the topic of patient payment and the importance of having an innovative patient financial management system. 

The president's message has a whole new look this month. Plus: what to know before you go to HFMA's Annual Conference.

Patient financial responsibility increased by 11 percent between the final months of 2016 and 2017.

Value-based models such as bundled payment and accountable care organizations have bolstered reductions in total joint replacement costs.

Organizations can use their current data to understand what it truly costs to deliver healthcare services. Using existing data and automating the pull of that data also allows for less human intervention to maintain cost accounting models.

Providers and health plans need to broaden their views to find and implement approaches that deliver greater value to the patient while ensuring the financial sustainability of the system.

François de Brantes, former vice president and director for the Altarum Payment Institute, discusses payment models.

This document summarizes the FY2019 proposed rule updating the hospice wage index and payment rates.

From 2013 to 2015, the percentages of admissions by primary payer type (e.g., Medicare, commercial, self-pay) shifted, with notable increases in admissions covered by commercial insurers and charities.

HFMA’s 2018-19 Chair, Kevin Brennan, CPAs, calls upon healthcare finance leaders to imagine a future in which innovation promotes improved access to health care that is both more reliable and more affordable.