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Advancing Healthcare Access
About this report Throughout the United States, hospitals and health systems continue to explore strategies to address and expand health access. Effective health access strategy is achieved by ensuring that all individuals have the opportunity to achieve optimal health through standard business processes that are clear, accessible and inclusive. This approach fosters a healthcare environment…
Fortifying revenue management: The critical role of health information management in cybersecurity preparedness
A hospital’s health information management (HIM) team oversees the flow of patient care documentation in healthcare organizations, supporting accuracy, accessibility and security. In the revenue cycle, HIM maintains financial integrity by managing patient data, ensuring proper coding and documentation for billing and verifying clinical data for compliance and reimbursement. HIM also plays an active role…
Robert Olsen Receives Individual Achievement Award from the Healthcare Financial Management Association
Nashville, Tenn. (May 5, 2025) – The Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) today presented Robert Olsen with the 2025 Frederick C. Morgan Individual Achievement Award, honoring career-long contributions to HFMA and to the healthcare finance profession.
Price Transparency Checklist
Download this white paper that uses an internal assessment so you can determine where your organization is on the spectrum of using price transparency.
FY 2026 Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities PPS Proposed Rule Summary
HFMA presents a detailed summary of the FY 2026 Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities PPS proposed rule, released by CMS on April 11, 2025.
FY 2026 IPPS/LTCH PPS Proposed Rule Summary
HFMA presents a detailed summary of the proposed rule describing FY 2026 policies and rates for Medicare’s IPPS and LTCH PPS.
2026 Medicare Advantage – Part D Final Rule Summary
HFMA provides a detailed summary of the final rule revising regulations affecting Medicare Advantage, Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit, Medicare cost plans, and Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly.
5 keys to enhancing automation, expanding capacity and improving efficiency to reduce costs
Healthcare organizations face unrelenting financial pressures, with rising costs and shrinking margins. Dealing with reimbursement challenges, they face an uphill battle to maintain a profitable revenue cycle. This leaves no room for inefficiency. There is a way out, but healthcare leaders must look beyond traditional methods to automation to expand capacity and improve operational efficiency.
Healthcare finance executives look to automation and technology to optimize revenue cycle
Read this executive roundtable to takeaway how several healthcare finance professionals currently use both automation and technology as a holistic solution within revenue cycle, benefitting their staff and recruiting new hires, while also reducing workloads.
How healthcare organizations can build resiliency and drive growth in a challenging financial environment
Dive into this roundtable featuring five healthcare revenue cycle management executives who share their strategies for building and maintaining financial resiliency including investing in smarter technologies to elevate patient experience, capturing charges and streamlining operations.