Seeking to broaden support and strengthen their respective administrative simplification efforts, the American Academy of Family Physicians, the American Health Information Management Association, and the Medical Group Management Association have convened the Healthcare Administrative Simplification Coalition. HFMA is one member of the coalition, which represents a broad range of stakeholders, including physicians, hospitals, health plans, employers, labor, and government. The coalition aims to identify strategies for reducing the costs and administrative complexity of the U.S. healthcare system. The coalition’s areas of interest include reducing redundancy in the process of credentialing physicians and other healthcare professionals and standardizing processes for identifying and confirming patient insurance coverage, including co-payment or deductible amounts.
