Jill Geisler: How to be an organized leader —and avoid wasting your team’s time
Highly regarded leaders are often described in near-heroic terms: visionary, courageous, brilliant, charismatic. Let me add one attribute that’s far less sexy but nonetheless important: organized. Leaders who have a handle on their priorities, their schedule and their plans make life easier for those around them. They require less administrative maintenance and staff accommodation. They…
HFMA announces the 2026 winners of its premier awards
Two long-time HFMA members, David Williams and Dennis Dahlen, are recipients of the Association’s highest honors for 2026. David Williams honored for service to HFMA and healthcare finance HFMA presented David Williams with the 2026 Frederick C. Morgan Individual Achievement Award on April 27 at its Leadership Summit in Austin, Texas. “Receiving the 2026 Frederick C. Morgan Achievement…
HFMA chapters and regions earn Success Awards
HFMA’s 2026 Leadership Summit, held in Austin, Texas, from April 26-28, welcomed more than 600 healthcare finance leaders, including chapter and regional volunteers and others, looking to improve their leadership skills. Participants could attend any of the more than 50 educational sessions, including a keynote presentation, “Building High-Performing Teams for Lasting Success & HFMA National…
Matthew Cox: Why we need mentors
One question I think about most as a healthcare finance leader is whether we are preparing people for tomorrow’s challenges. Healthcare finance is not the profession it was a decade or even five years ago. We’re navigating changes in payment, technology and workforce dynamics amid affordability pressures and rising performance expectations. Career paths are becoming…
Vitalic Health survey: Leaders united on need for healthcare affordability, divided on how to fix it
Learn more about Vitalic Health CHICAGO (June 8, 2026) – Top healthcare experts across the nation overwhelmingly agree the U.S. healthcare system is financially unsustainable, and every stakeholder must share responsibility for making care more affordable, according to a Vitalic Health affordability survey released today. Powered by the neutral, nonpartisan, nonprofit Healthcare Financial Management Association,…
Annual Conference 2026, Day 1: Healthcare AI shows promise, but people come first
Sunday video recap: AC26 Day 1 Recap: Celebrating 80 Years of HFMA Despite AI’s ample potential to improve healthcare, the top investment priority should be people, according to insights at the opening session of HFMA’s 2026 Annual Conference as the Association began its 80th anniversary celebration. The best technologies won’t be optimized unless “we continue…
Jill Geisler: How to make tough leadership decisions that are fair-minded and not morale busters
Leaders at all levels within organizations solve problems, plan strategy and react to threats or opportunities. When you are high on the org chart, the stakes are greater. Your actions affect the bottom line, your team members, your organizational culture — and your own reputation. Whether you are breaking exciting new ground or choosing a…
People: Steve Glass moves to CFO position for U.S. cancer center
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) in New York City announced in March that Steve Glass had joined the organization as executive vice president and CFO. Glass came to MSK from Cleveland-based Medical Mutual Insurance Co., where he had served as president and CEO from 2022 to 2024. That appointment followed more than 20 years…
Why healthcare finance needs more collaboration — and less ego
When Matt Cox, FHFMA, CPA, talks about the future of healthcare finance, he rarely talks about himself. The new HFMA Chair consistently redirects the conversation to teams, partnerships and shared solutions — an approach shaped by a career spent leading hospital turnarounds across the country. Today, Cox is executive vice president and CFO for Corewell…
David Williams receives HFMA individual achievement award
Austin, Texas (April 27, 2026) – The Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) presented David Williams with the 2026 Frederick C. Morgan Individual Achievement Award, honoring career-long contributions to HFMA and to the healthcare finance profession. He received the award at HFMA’s Leadership Summit in Austin. “Receiving the 2026 Frederick C. Morgan Achievement Award is truly humbling,” Williams said. “HFMA has been an important…