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The Knowledge Center offers a comprehensive listing of all resources HFMA offers on healthcare finance topics, sorted by topic area.

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View AllAccounting and Financial Reporting

Take the Next Steps to Improving Accounts Payable Inefficiencies

This webinar outlines the challenges one organization faced in its AP department and discusses how it improved processes to overcome those challenges.

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A Team Approach to Reducing Complex Discharge Delays at Denver Health

A cross-disciplinary committee is ensuring safe discharges for patients with complicated situations and reducing overall length of stay and associated costs.

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Ask the Expert: Patient Signatures on Release Forms

A Forum expert answers: How many patient signatures are needed on release forms?

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View AllOperations Management

Using Teach-Back to Improve Patient Adherence—and Reduce Readmissions

Iowa Health System is creating a toolkit to train clinicians on how to properly use the teach-back method to improve patient understanding.

View AllPayment, Reimbursement, and Managed Care

Initiative Increases Medical Homes Across Hudson Valley Region

A regional initiative has created 15 patient-centered medical homes—and encouraged collaboration among participating primary care practices.

View AllRevenue Cycle

How to Apply for the 2012 MAP Award

This session highlights the criteria required to apply for the 2012 MAP Award. It includes ways in which high-performing organizations promote changes to people, process, technology, metrics, communication, and culture necessary for improved revenue cycle performance.

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Building Value-Driving Capabilities: Business Intelligence

In this Value Project report, discover how providers can meet their business intelligence needs to convert data into actionable information for informed decision making.

Education & Events

Assessing Your Financial Risk for Cases that Fall into the Gray Zone

January 31, 2012

Hospitals now face a new era of healthcare audit accountability and run the risk of falling into the "gray zone" of incorrect medical necessity determinations, improper payments, and denials. Learn how to develop a proactive approach of assessing potential compliance vulnerabilities. Jan. 31.

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Improve Case Mix Index, Reduce Costs and Prepare for ICD-10 with Computer-Assisted Coding

February 08, 2012

This session will educate hospital finance professionals on the financial benefits of computer-assisted coding (CAC) and will demonstrate how Gwinnett Hospital System utilized CAC to improve their case mix index by more than 3.4% resulting in nearly $1.4M in revenue. Feb. 8.

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Applying for the NEW MAP Award for Performance Improvement in Revenue Cycle

February 09, 2012

This session will highlight the criteria required to apply for and win the new MAP Award for Performance Improvement in Revenue Cycle, which will be presented for the first time in October of 2012.

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HFMA Career Center

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Legal Challenges to Healthcare Reform

Track the multiple lawsuits involving the Affordable Care Act.

HFMA CHFP Online Study Materials Now Available

The Healthcare Finance Core Curriculum online study preparation for the new 2011 CHFP examination is now available for purchase.

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Board's Eye View

HFMA has created brief but informative synopses of hfm magazine articles designed to be shared with time-constrained board members.

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HFMA’s MAP App Video

Learn more about MAP App: the tool for revenue cycle excellence.

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Leading Change in a New Era

Four healthcare finance leaders share their strategies for creating a roadmap for change that leads to cost efficiencies and accountability as cornerstones of a new culture.

From CFO to CEO: Transitioning to the Top Spot

Four CFOs share how they rose to the position of CEO and offer strategies for other CFOs hoping to make the transition.

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