The Continued Move to Greater Integration and Consolidation
The nation’s hospitals face a potential threat of being excluded from the healthcare delivery system based on recent merger and acquisition activity in the industry.
Let’s Have a Think
Healthcare finance leaders should think deeply about what they can do to meaningfully contribute to advancing meaningful improvements, including transformed leadership structures, within the nation’s healthcare system.
Analyzing the Frequency of Changes Among Worksheets in Medicare’s HCRIS
A study ranked worksheets providers use in filing Medicare cost reports by the frequency with which they needed to be updated, highlighting some areas requiring special attention from individuals charged with completing the cost reports.
Pick Up the Pace (or Forfeit the Race)
HFMA President and CEO Joe Fifer discusses recent healthcare industry merger news in the context of consumerism and collaboration imperatives.
Emerging Value-Based Payment Trends Transforming Health Care in 2018
Hospitals and health systems plan a range of care delivery innovations in 2018 to help them reach more of the quality improvement goals of various payment models.
Change for the Delta: A Process for Strategic Planning in a Challenging Market
A hospital catering to a largely underserved population is working to keep itself financially viable by working up a long-range strategic plan.
The Digital Front Door: Why Total Cost of Care Risk Is Not Inevitable
Rapid technological advancements have savvy health plans and provider organizations considering how to succeed in a value-based system.
Faster, Bigger, and Broader: Healthcare Disruption in 2018
Hospitals and health systems are challenged to respond strategically to disruptive new competitors and technologies that are entering their markets and threaten to dramatically transform the industry.
An Independent Hospital Can Succeed—We Are Proving It
Lee Domanico, CEO of Marin General Hospital, explains the organization’s decision to remain independent, and the benefits that have accrued as a result.
How Self-Service Check-In Is Changing the Psychology of Patient Payment
Brian Stone explains how self check-in can improve patient satisfaction and ensure timely payment.