Forums

HFMA Forums: Exclusive targeted resources in the practice area most important to you. 
 

Finding succinct information related to your specific practice area can be challenging. With the demands on your time increasing significantly, it makes sense to find a place where you can get targeted industry best practices and information that have been pulled from a variety of sources and housed in one convenient location. HFMA Forums are peer-to-peer communities that provide valuable networking and job-specific resources targeted to the practice areas most important to you.

Choose from one or more of our six Forum practice areas – you don’t have to be an HFMA member to join:

• CFO – for CFOs and other healthcare executives who focus on strategic issues. Read the sample article: Benchmarking: How to Start Simply and Build on Your Success
  
• Managed Care – for those who focus on reimbursement as it relates to contracting and long-term care. Read the sample article: How to Audit Managed Care Contracts
  
• Healthcare Compliance – for those who focus on HIPAA, RACs, privacy and other related issues. Read the sample article: Is Your Compliance Program Effective?
  
• Revenue Cycle – for revenue cycle professionals and those associated with the revenue cycle (patient access, financial representatives, patient financial services and more). Read the sample article: Questions Regarding Your Self-Pay Collection Policies and Procedures
  
• Medicare Payment – for those who focus on reimbursement from Medicare, including staying on top of changing legislation. Read the sample article: Medicare Bad Debt Audits—Negotiating Re-Charted Waters
  
• Physician Alignment  – for those charged with aligning financial goals with physician staff and performance. Read the sample article: Co-Management Agreements: A Short-Term Arrangement in Support of Long-Term Alignment

When you become a member of an HFMA Forum, you receive a multitude of benefits, including:

• Free Webcasts – at least 8 per year! Get CPE credits and save money (each webcast is a $245 value)
• The Ask the Experts program, which allows members to tap the knowledge of dedicated subject matter experts via e-mail.
• A monthly e-newsletter that keeps you informed of hot topics, news, government regulations and tools and tips that are housed on the Forum member-only web site.
• Peer collaboration via live meetings, on discussion boards or with our list serve.
• Subject-matter expert interviews available in podcast and transcript form.
• Peer discussion and interaction both online and at many HFMA events.