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Determining the Process

Once an organization has identified its cost reconfiguration opportunities, it must put into place a process to ensure that those opportunities are realized and, once realized, maintained. Who should be involved? The overall

HFMA June 15, 2015

Assessing the Situation

As organizations position themselves for a value based care delivery and payment system, they must be alert both to opportunities for reducing cost structure and to the need to build the capabilities and make the investments needed to engage in

HFMA June 15, 2015

Career Services Launches New Career Strategies Series – NfN Jul2015

HFMA has three “directional” strategies within the healthcare finance industry Policies and Perspectives HFMA has taken a more assertive role in providing our points of view on solutions that drive improvement of the healthcare industry Organizational performance

HFMA June 12, 2015

FY16 IPPS Proposed Rule Fact Sheet

The fact sheet provides a summary of CMS's proposed rule updating payment rates for FY16 under the Medicare IPPS for operating and capital-related costs of acute care hospitals.

HFMA June 5, 2015

HFMA Comments on CMS Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BPCI) Initiative

HFMA proactively comments on issues related to CMS’s BPCI initiative to provide recommendations to address design issues with the episodes and other operational and administrative barriers.

HFMA May 22, 2015

HFMA Executive Survey: Value-Based Payment Readiness

HFMA Executive Survey: Value-Based Payment Readiness explores ways hospitals are readying their value-driving capabilities and determining ROI of efforts in an environment where incentives increasingly are focused on improving quality and reducing costs of care delivery for patient populations.

HFMA May 18, 2015

Summary of H.R. 2: The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015

This document summarizes key provisions of the The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 pertaining to the sustainable growth rate formula and other health-related topics.

HFMA May 11, 2015

HFMA Comments on Medicare Short Stay Payment Policy

HFMA comments on issues related to Medicare’s current payment policy for short stays, the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program, and the impact of both on Medicare beneficiaries.

HFMA April 20, 2015

HFMA Comments on Transition to HIPAA Eligibility Transaction System

HFMA is concerned that a 12-month limitation will not allow providers the time to research facts and, if mistakes are discovered, reopen claims with Medicare under CMS' reopening regulations.

HFMA March 20, 2015

HFMA Comments on Hospital Improvements for Payment Act of 2014 Discussion Draft

HFMA comments to the U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means on the challenges of the Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor program and other policies that have had negative unintended consequences.

HFMA March 11, 2015