The companies below are sponsors for a variety of HFMA education, events, and publications. Their expertise in the indusrtry and financial support has helped in strengthening HFMA's value. If you are interested in participating in an HFMA annual sponsorship package, please contact sponsorship@hfma.org. We look forward to working with you.
Diamond Sponsors
an HFMA Peer Reviewed Solution Provider
3M Health Information Systems is a leading provider of consulting services and advanced software tools that help healthcare organizations capture, classify, and manage accurate healthcare information. 3M solutions are designed to help hospitals manage revenue and resources, comply with regulations, and ultimately improve the quality of patient care. 3M and HFMA have collaborated on the following reports:
McKesson is a healthcare services and information technology company dedicated to helping its customers deliver care in the safest, most cost-effective manner possible. McKesson’s consumer-driven revenue cycle solutions increase pre-service collections, improve financial performance, and measure and monitor your key performance indicators using actionable data. These financial clearance and financial settlement solutions also optimize payor reimbursement, lower the cost of collections and increase patient satisfaction. McKesson and HFMA have collaborated on the following reports:
Platinum Sponsors
Cardinal Health is a global company serving the health care industry with products and services that help hospitals, physician offices and pharmacies improve safety and productivity, reduce costs and deliver better care to patients. With a focus on making supply chains more efficient, reducing hospital-acquired infections and breaking the cycle of harmful medication errors, Cardinal Health develops market-leading technologies, including “smart” infusion pumps, automated dispensing systems, electronic infection surveillance, respiratory care products and handheld positive patient identification systems. The company also manufactures medical and surgical products and is one of the largest distributors of pharmaceuticals and medical supplies worldwide.
CarVal Investors is a global leader in opportunistic value investing. The firm manages investments in healthcare receivables, including performing and non-performing self-pay accounts, balance after insurance, and insurance denials.
Craneware Inc. is a leading supplier of high value, easy to install and use, healthcare financial software solutions. They empower healthcare providers to improve their daily operations, optimize revenue, encourage compliance, and use live information to improve decision making.
Emdeon Business Services empowers healthcare providers through innovative revenue cycle management solutions by tapping the most complete network of payers, partners, and resources in the healthcare industry. Our uniquely efficient services Simplify the Business of Healthcare to save our clients time and money so they can focus on what’s most important - their patients.
an HFMA Peer Reviewed Solution Provider
MedAssets partners with healthcare providers to improve operating margins and cash flow while supporting quality of care goals. MedAssets implements integrated solutions to address the greatest opportunities for financial and process improvement and drives performance in revenue cycle, supply chain and clinical service line management.
MedAssets Net Revenue Systems’ products, including CDM Master™, Defensible Price Modeling, Comparative Rate Modeling (CRM.Net), Charge Capture Audit (CCA.Net) and KnowledgeMaster are Peer Reviewed by HFMA.
For more information about MedAssets, visit www.medassets.com.
an HFMA Peer Reviewed Solution Provider
Gold Sponsors
an HFMA Peer Reviewed Solution Provider
Accuro’s revenue management solutions help providers achieve optimal financial results in an era of diminishing resources and expanding regulatory complexities. Our Web-based tools help maintain an accurate chargemaster to improve reimbursement and ensure compliance; calculate expected payment; address transparent pricing issues with rational, yet optimum prices; monitor and manage payor performance and deliver pioneering business analytics, including denials management.
PricewaterhouseCoopers is one of the leading healthcare professional services organizations; providing assurance, advisory and tax services to the industry leaders. PricewaterhouseCoopers works with organizations that represent the healthcare delivery spectrum: integrated delivery systems, hospitals, payer and managed care organizations, pharmaceutical and health science companies, government and other policymakers, professional associations, and investors. Visit us online or call Todd Hall, Director of Global Healthcare Marketing, at (617) 530-4185.
Revenue Cycle Solutions
Perot Systems is a trusted provider of revenue cycle solutions to leading hospitals in 48 states. Our satisfied customers include everything from 40-bed rural hospitals to urban medical centers, teaching hospitals and multiple-facility systems with thousands of beds.
More than 7000 healthcare professionals and clinicians are ready to deliver the results that matter to your organization.
RESULTS THAT SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES …
- More than 350 successful revenue cycle engagements in the last 5 years
- More than $3.8 billion in A/R recovered in the last 2 years
- More than $7.1 billion in A/R recovered in the last 5 years
- More than $22 billion in A/R resolved in the last 5 years
These projects included many computer conversion projects, A/R closeouts, and a large number of situations where hospitals needed aggressive cash infusion and fast reduction in A/R.
800-659-8883
revenuecyclesolutions@ps.net
www.perotsystems.com/revenuecycle
Siemens Medical Solutions Health Services
Healthcare extends beyond one person, in one department, in one building. It is an active process that requires communication, collaboration, and decision-making—across care providers and care settings. Siemens solutions help you eliminate silos, so patient information flows to the right people at the right time —enabling better collaboration, reduced manual effort, and more informed and efficient decision-making. We offer solutions that break down barriers to help you solve business problems, improve patient safety, strengthen the revenue cycle, and enable technology to improve patient care.
Learn how Siemens helps you achieve better patient and financial outcomes with innovative information technology (IT) solutions, management consulting, and IT services today.
Siemens is a proud sponsor of the following HFMA reports and roundtables:
J.A. Thomas and Associates, Inc. is a nationally recognized expert in healthcare compliance and documentation improvement. Since 1991, JATA has worked with over 450 hospitals nationwide and more than 30,000 physicians to improve clinical performance and public profiles, justify reimbursement and bridge the gap between clinical documentation and regulatory requirements. CDMP® or Compliant Documentation Management Program® achieves complete, compliant clinical documentation. JATA emphasizes collaboration among physicians, nurses, and coders to more accurately reflect severity of illness and complexity of treatment in clinical documentation. JATA helps hospitals get the credit they deserve. JATA's CDMP® includes peer-to-peer education, process improvement, software, support and follow-up mentoring. Additional information on J.A. Thomas and Associates, Inc. is available at (800) 683-8734.
an HFMA Peer Reviewed Solution Provider
Executive Health Resources (EHR), a Physician-based company, is a leading provider of expert medical management products to improve the revenue cycle. Exclusively endorsed by the American Hospital Association, EHR Physician Advisors provide specialized product solutions for Concurrent and Retrospective Clinical Denial Management; Managing Length of Stay; Medicare Admissions and Observation Status Certification; Coordinating Patient Care; Improving Physician Documentation and Compliance; and Improving Patient Safety and Quality. Learn how EHR can impact your bottom line by visiting us online or by calling 877-EHR-DOCS.
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an HFMA Peer Reviewed Solution Provider
Concuity is the leading provider of revenue management solutions specializing in contract profitability, contract compliance, denial management, and revenue process and lifecycle improvement. Concuity delivers an ASP solution providing visibility and control needed to create and negotiate fair contracts, comply with contractual obligations, and identify and recover underpaid and denied accounts.
Eclipsys is a leading provider of advanced integrated clinical, revenue cycle, and access management software, clinical content and professional services that help healthcare organizations improve clinical, financial, operational and client satisfaction outcomes. Eclipsys Revenue Cycle Solutions help organizations manage the business of healthcare. Our Web-based solutions extend beyond the enterprise to integrate payors and patients in an automated environment for maximized revenue capture and productivity.
JPMorgan has been addressing the unique financial challenges of healthcare organizations for over 25 years. Our solutions help manage the revenue cycle, maximize the supply chain and navigate the consumer-directed healthcare market for providers and payers. Today, JPMorgan is a trusted service provider to over 2,000 hospitals and 125,000 physicians, as well as other healthcare providers and insurers . JPMorgan was the first financial services company to receive accreditation by the Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC) for electronic healthcare processing. For more information, visit www.jpmorgan.com/healthcare.
Silver Sponsors
Bank of America is one of the world's largest financial institutions, serving individual consumers, small and middle market businesses and large corporations with a full range of banking, investing, asset management and other financial and risk-management products and services. Bank of America is a leading provider of financial services to the healthcare industry with extensive top-tier rankings. We draw from our wide range of products and sector knowledge to deliver integrated solutions that meet your needs. Our unparalleled distribution network provides local leadership and focused charitable and community activities.
Bank of America Corporation stock (NYSE: BAC) is listed on the New York Stock Exchange. For more information visit the Bank of America website at www.bankofamerica.com
GE Healthcare Financial Services (www.gehealthcarefinance.com) focuses exclusively on the special needs of the healthcare industry, bringing a comprehensive collection of business and financial resources to deliver valued solutions for companies engaged in the business of healthcare. Our global team of professionals truly understands the complexities and challenges of the healthcare industry and is experienced in developing flexible financial solutions to meet the individual needs of our customers.
GE is proud to partner with HFMA on Financing the Future -- a 3-part series that offers healthcare providers the information they need to help their organizations have the resources necessary to provide safe, high-quality care for their communities. http://www.financingthefuture.org/
Kaufman Hall is among healthcare's leading strategy and financial advisory firms providing the following consulting services and software tools:
Strategic Financial and Capital Planning – Since developing the concept in 1983, Kaufman Hall has led the industry, preparing financial and capital plans for over 800 hospitals and systems.
Debt- and Derivatives-Related Financial Advisory – Kaufman Hall is healthcare’s top rated Financial Advisor. Total debt and swaps issued on behalf of our clients exceed $47 billion and $23 billion, respectively.
Strategic Advisory Services – Kaufman Hall provides a broad range of strategy and market-based services. We pioneered analysis-based integrated strategic and financial planning.
Capital Allocation Process Design – Kaufman Hall designs and implements comprehensive corporate management processes to guide capital decision making and monitoring.
Merger, Acquisition, Divestiture and Joint Ventures – Kaufman Hall has advised clients on more than 150 M&A engagements, providing analysis, structuring, negotiation and supporting execution.
ENUFF® Software Suite – Kaufman Hall supports more than 1,110 software licensees. We deliver software in support of “best practices” in market planning, financial planning, operational budgeting and reporting, and capital budgeting and management.
an HFMA Peer Reviewed Solution Provider
MedAssist, Incorporated, a Firstsource Company, is your one source solution for managing your Accounts Receivable. MedAssist provides a comprehensive suite of innovative, technology-driven, and Peer Reviewed eligibility and revenue cycle management services to help drive financial results. Our suite includes Medicaid Eligibility, Receivables Solutions, Business Office Outsourcing and Bad Debt Collection Services. Our unique combination of revenue cycle management solutions will allow you the freedom to focus on patient care.
MedAssist utilizes a social service approach and brings a commitment to treat all patients with dignity, compassion and respect. Our vision is to bring ever increasing value to our clients by providing them with services designed to maximize their profitability and the effectiveness of their business office while maintaining an acute awareness of the patient/provider relationship.
MedAssist is recognized as an industry leader in delivering the professional excellence required to improve cash flow, maximize reimbursement, and reduce bad debt. Learn how MedAssist can be your sole source solution – www.medassist.biz.
Mede is transforming healthcare by achieving advanced outcomes for its clients through a unique combination of performance analytics solutions and deep healthcare expertise. Mede's delivery model is Web hosted and managed which provides speed to value and lower cost of ownership. Over 700 healthcare organizations in the US and UK have experienced proven ROI utilizing the actionable data Mede solutions provide for clinical, operational, and financial performance improvements.
Ziegler is a boutique investment banking, investment management, and brokerage firm with a strong focus on the healthcare and senior living sectors. As the healthcare industry has evolved, so has Ziegler with the addition of services in fixed income research, private equity placements, real estate, derivatives, mergers and acquisitions, and consulting.
At Honour Healthcare, we assess the cross functional relationship between facilities, services and processes. We provide innovative, responsive and competitive consulting services that align strategy with operations to achieve overall performance. Through an activity based methodology, Honour Healthcare drives clinical excellence, patient satisfaction, and an efficient profitable workplace.
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Annual Sponsorship with HFMA
Do you want to make an impact on the industry by forming meaningful, long-lasting relationships with healthcare financial leaders? What better way to accomplish this goal than by aligning your organization with the leading association for healthcare financial managers. By engaging in sponsorship activities that promote your company year-round, these relationships tend to build themselves.
In order to increase participation at several levels, HFMA has developed three annual sponsorship program packages: Platinum, Gold, and Silver. Designation in one of these three categories is dependant on the level of financial contribution and activity of the sponsoring organization. HFMA has many standard sponsorship offerings ranging from social activities to educational events and research.