FastFinance: Good faith estimate rules coming
HFMA’s FastFinance newsletter is now a podcast. Host Rich Daly discusses the most current and relevant healthcare news, delivered in an easily digestible format. Congress is pressing CMS to release long-delayed rules that would implement requirements that providers create good faith estimates for their patients. Also, this week’s Weird Number: As of July, 96.5% of…
Accounts Payable Automation in Action
This report explores the accounts payable (AP) automation opportunity by examining two tools with proven effectiveness and ease of implementation. Download the white paper to uncover these resources.
Rethinking the Agency Model: Building Hospital-Owned, AI-Supported Contracted Workforces
This white paper will help guide hospital leaders through the process of building their own efficient and inexpensive internal contracted workforce.
Inside SRHO’s Flawless Audit: How They Achieved Zero Findings—And How You Can Too
Discover how proactive planning and the right partner can simplify Healthcare Connect Fund audits and reduce financial risk.
Kiran Batheja: Aspire to great leadership
“It is the responsibility of every human being to aspire to do something worthwhile, to make the world a better place than the one we found.” — Albert Einstein True servant leadership isn’t about titles, control or attention. It lies in inspiring others to embrace a purpose beyond themselves by uniting a team in pursuit…
Uncertainties around payment rules cloud Medicare’s future
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), passed by Congress and signed into law by President Donald Trump on July 4, 2025, clearly will have profound effects on the nation’s healthcare system. But how much the legislation will affect Medicare remains to be seen. Its proponents can legitimately assert that, consistent with the President’s stated…
Financial sustainability is biggest pain point for healthcare leaders
If Claire Agnew could help healthcare boards understand one thing about healthcare finance, it’s the complexity finance leaders face in ensuring hospitals and health systems have the resources they need to deliver great care. “It’s brutal and much like dancing backward in high heels,” said Agnew, MBA, CPA, executive vice president and CFO for Valleywise…
Susan Dentzer: Why more prior authorization in traditional Medicare is a no-brainer
The word accountable in accountable care organization (ACO) means being vigilant in monitoring healthcare’s costs and quality. And lately, many ACOs participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) have been vigilant in spades. First, some ACOs tipped CMS off about a $2 billion urinary catheter fraud when that spending hit their bottom lines in…
Hospitals brace for looming federal cuts in Medicaid and elsewhere
The historic healthcare policy changes — and associated Medicaid cuts — in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act have left it to the states to figure out how to keep their residents insured and healthy with $1 trillion less in federal funding. With impacts of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, or OBBBA, including a…
CareCloud Announces Acquisition of HFMA’s MAP App to Expand AI-Driven Benchmarking in Hospitals and Integrated Health Systems
CareCloud, Inc. announced its definitive agreement to acquire MAP App to deliver next level innovation and improvements. The transition period is through the end of 2025. There should be no significant changes to MAP App users, and clients should continue in the tool as they would normally.