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HFMA’s Regulatory Sound Bites: An Overview of the Final 2018 IPPS Rule
This presentation provides important details of the FY18 IPPS final rule, published by CMS.
Executive Summary: Final 2018 OPPS/ASC Rule
This document provides a brief summary of key financial and operational impacts from the 2018 outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) final rule.
Video: How to Ensure a Clean 340B Audit
Patt Vilt, vice president of finance for Riverside Medical Center, details steps you can take to ensure a clean 340B audit.
Joe Fifer on Disaster Preparedness
HFMA President and CEO Joseph J. Fifer, FHFMA, CPA, shares a perspective on finance/clinical collaboration to improve disaster preparedness.
Questions to Address When Assessing a Deal s Potential for Realizing Value
The key questions for any given deal will depend on why the organization that is pursuing the transaction is doing so, what it hopes to achieve, and what information it requires to make well informed decisions about the path forward.
Case Study Evolution of a Medical Group
WellSpan Health, a $2 billion integrated, physician led health system headquartered in York, Pa., uses a variety of organizational structures to solve the “participatory governance challenge” for their employed physicians. WellSpan’s genesis as an integrated delivery system began in 1993 when a
Key Questions to Help Inform Efforts to Develop High Performing Medical Groups
As hospital and health systems move further toward developing high performing employed medical groups, they should consider the following questions Do we need to make changes to physician governance or management to provide greater involvement in decision making and to
Case Examples of the Use of a Dyad Management Model
Two leading health systems—WellSpan Health and Baylor Scott & White Health—exemplify the principles of an effective dyad management model, involving the pairing of physician and administrative leaders. WellSpan Health. Based in York, Pa., WellSpan Health employs a dyad management model
Additional Resources
American College of Emergency Physicians, Lessons Learned from Hurricane Sandy and Recommendations for Improved Healthcare and Public Health Response and Recovery for Future Catastrophic Events, Final Report, Dec. 22, 2015. Arendt, L.A., and Hess, D.B., Hospital Decision Making in the
HFMA Executive Roundtable: Optimizing the Revenue Cycle IT Investment
Many providers struggle to fully realize the benefits of revenue cycle technology. In this roundtable, several healthcare leaders discuss how they are working to get the most from their automated solutions, particularly with regard to revenue integrity and preparing for value-based payment models.