Fast Facts
- Founded: 1946
- Headquarters: Westchester, Ill.
- Membership: 34,000
HFMA Milestones
- Richard L. Clarke ranked among Top 100 Most Powerful People in Healthcare by Modern Healthcare magazine.
- HFMA is examining the benefits electronic health records will have on the healthcare industry and the consequences that could result from slow universal adoption.
- HFMA continues to analyze spending trends and funding access of the U.S. healthcare system through the ongoing Financing the Future series, a collaborative initiative that involves, multinational corporations and other leading associations.
- HFMA launched PATIENT FRIENDLY BILLINGSM project in 2001 with the American Hospital Association to improve the billing processes within the industry and make patient billing more user-friendly.
- HFMA partnered with more than one hundred other hospitals, major associations, and businesses to create the Coalition to Protect America’s Health Care to help shape the healthcare debate for the President and Congress.
Association History
Throughout HFMA’s 60-year history, the association has worked to expand the role of healthcare financial leaders beyond the boardroom.