Integrating Behavioral Health Care and Primary Care
Various obstacles historically have prevented the integration of behavioral health care with primary care—but stakeholders see the tide turning, as they discuss in the latest installment of HFMA’s Healthcare Challenge Roundtable.
Virtual Visits Come of Age
More organizations are launching virtual visits for outpatient care as a means of lowering the cost of delivering care, improving patient outcomes, and boosting physician satisfaction with their jobs.
How Consolidation Is Reshaping Health Care
Ongoing trends have challenged healthcare stakeholders to improve care delivery by reducing clinical variation, while also increasing their access to capital. As a result, consolidation has become a defining factor in business models.With national healthcare expenditures increasing from 12.5 percent
Obstacles Remain for Team Based Care
Some allied health professionals see state laws as the biggest hindrance.The growing use of team based care continues to run into legal and regulatory hurdles, industry advocates say. Shawn Martin, senior vice president at the American Association of Family Physicians,
Incorporating Value in Behavioral Health
Healthcare stakeholders increasingly are taking steps to improve behavioral health care with an eye toward lowering costs, improving care quality, and improving the health of populations.
Connecting the Dots
Healthcare organizations should recognize the link between the care of chronic conditions and the care of addiction, writes Joseph J. Fifer, FHFMA, CPA, president and CEO, HFMA.
Medical Records are Prime Hunting Grounds for Hackers
Medical records contain data that hackers crave, so be sure to protect your systems from attack by evaluating EHR and mobile app security, among other steps.
Revenue Cycle Risks and Rewards in the Era of Value-Based Care
Physician specialty practices face the daunting task of recalibrating their revenue cycle management processes to optimize their financial performance under value-based care.
Revenue Cycle Risks and Rewards in the Era of Value-Based Care
Physician specialty practices face the daunting task of recalibrating their revenue cycle management processes to optimize their financial performance under value-based care.
Physician Advisers: Bridging the Divides in Health Care
In recent years, healthcare professionals have faced increasing pressure to provide high-quality care to optimize payment. Simultaneously, they have had to strive to reduce inefficiencies in patient throughput and healthcare delivery to comply with regulations promulgated by government and commercial payers.