Finance and Business Strategy

An innovative technology company talks about the various ways healthcare organizations can use its centralized time intelligence platform to get a clear sense of how healthcare providers spend their time at work, using the insights to improve productivity and performance.

Partnering with a health plan has been shown to be an effective strategy for health systems undertaking a value-based payment strategy.

To be successful, a value-based-payment initiative must be tailored to the provider organization's market and capabilities.

Removing percent-of-charge provisions in favor of fixed fees would not remove the factors that drive price increases, nor would it reduce administrative hassles or decrease risk.

Healthcare spending in the U.S. as shown signs of growth in recent years, but the recent strong economic growth may be the main reason the trend has gained little notice.

One tracking firm saw big margin declines for hospitals in 2019, with small hospitals struggling the most.

While it makes sense to protect patients’ health-specific data, social security numbers and home addresses from external threats, the most significant threats to patient privacy laws are on the inside.

A review of the FY20 appropriations package to fund the federal government and a couple of ideas on lessons that might be applied to future efforts to expand coverage.

Look back at the year with our top stories.

HFMA’s Chad Mulvany looks at the trend of private equity groups rolling up various specialty physician practices and what it could mean for the healthcare industry.