Healthcare News of Note: 10 hospital system CEOs pledge to create new safety standard for healthcare workers
Healthcare News of Note for healthcare finance professionals is a roundup of recent news articles, including movement on safety standards to protect healthcare workers, the increasing role of PCPs in COVID-19 vaccinations and reductions in ACA out-of-pocket costs.
Healthcare News of Note: Hospital employment continues to decline despite an increase in jobs for the healthcare sector
A continuing drop in hospital job numbers, President Biden’s plans for the ACA and how COVID-19 affected stroke care during the pandemic are all topics covered in this week’s Healthcare News of Note.
First Illinois Chapter’s CHFP practicum goes virtual and regional
HFMA’s First Illinois Chapter teams up with other Region 7 chapters to convert its annual CHFP practicum into a virtual region-wide event.
Spectrum Health employees accept challenge to earn HFMA certifications
Amy Assenmacher challenges Spectrum Health revenue cycle employees to earn HFMA certification. Peg Burnette and Jeff Hurst selected for new CFO positions.
‘Stuck in the Middle With You’
HFMA's chair urges healthcare finance leaders to be intentional in encouraging many voices to be heard, recognizing cognitive biases that are misleading and helping guide decisions to the best possible outcome.
How it works: hfm’s ‘Expert Reviewed’ status is hard earned
Articles designated as "expert reviewed" in hfm must go through a rigorous vetting process to earn that label and be published in the magazine.
‘Auld Lang Syne’
Michael M. Allen, FHFMA, CPA, reflects on the past two years as his extended term as HFMA's National Chair draws to a close.
Herd immunity and the prospect of seeing an end to the COVID-19 crisis
There are widespread expectations that the United States will achieve herd immunity against COVID-19 within the coming year, and possibly by this summer.
The AAHA and the tumult of Medicare
Passage of Medicare in 1965 would have a profound effect on the American Association of Hospital Accounting, resulting in a change of name and direction for the Association.
Healthcare News of Note: CMS offers new guidance on making healthcare price transparency information searchable
CMS guidance on making price transparency information searchable, a correlation between job loss and nurse suicides and using incentives to move hospitals away from just-in-time PPE inventories are all topics covered in this week’s Healthcare News of Note.