HHS provides additional updates on CARES Act Provider Relief Fund FAQs
HFMA's Chad Mulvany expects to share regular updates and provide insight to CARES Act Provider Relief Fund FAQs via the HFMA blog for the foreseeable future.
COVID-19 impact on independent primary care physician practices could accelerate the shift to value based payment
Health plans are taking this opportunity to align more closely with independent PCPs, including BCBS of North Carolina, where practices’ acceptance of financial support requires them to join one of health plan’s existing ACOs.
Regular updates and insight on CARES Act Provider Relief Fund FAQs via Chad Mulvany blog posts
Healthcare Financial Management Association Releases Lease Accounting Guidance
HFMA has published an issue analysis, "Current Issues and Considerations in Accounting for Leases," to clarify certain accounting and reporting issues resulting from FASB Accounting Standards Update 2016-02, "Leases (Topic 842)," and the GASB Statement No. 87, "Leases," as they apply to the healthcare industry.
New Directors Join Healthcare Financial Management Association Board
HFMA has welcomed three new members to its board of directors. Colleen M. Blye, CPA, Maureen A. Clancy, FACHE, CPC, and Matthew E. Cox, CHFP, CPA, began their terms on June 1, 2020 and will serve until May 31, 2024.
110,000 Medicare beneficiaries were hospitalized for COVID-19 by mid-May
By mid-May, hospitals had treated 110,000 Medicare beneficiaries for COVID-19.
CAHME releases Advanced Search tool to enable students to compare and evaluate graduate programs in healthcare management in the US and Canada
The Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME) has released a web-based tool which enables the general public, students, employers, and university-based programs to compare and evaluate the performance and outcomes of graduate programs in healthcare management education.
Virginia Mason Institute transformation expert says healthcare systems can reduce waste and improve their margins
Virginia Mason Institute’s Rhonda Stewart shares how healthcare systems can reduce costs and improve patient and worker metrics by eliminating waste.
How to chart a course to success in the evolving post-COVID-19 healthcare landscape
A healthcare industry thought leader offered healthcare executives attending HFMA’s Digital Annual Conference guidance on how to develop a consumer-focused strategy that ensures their organizations will thrive in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis.
Joe Fifer on the state of healthcare
Rich Daly interviews HFMA President and CEO Joe Fifer about where he sees the industry going in 2020 and beyond. Also, Change Healthcare's Jason Williams discusses the opportunities of artificial intelligence technology, and Brad Dennison, HFMA's director of content strategy, talks about the redesign of hfm magazine. Get more of Joe's interview in the January issue of hfm.