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FY 2024 Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities PPS Final Rule Summary
HFMA presents a detailed summary of the FY 2024 final rule released by CMS that rebases and revises the inpatient psychiatric facilities (IPF) PPS market basket to reflect a 2021 base year and makes other changes affecting IPF PPS rates.
Common coding challenges hospitals face and how to fix them
Managing revenue and profitability has become increasingly difficult for hospitals, leading many to take drastic cost-cutting measures. However, there are less painful options, including reevaluating and revamping medical coding processes. Managing revenue and profitability has become increasingly difficult for hospitals, leading many to take drastic cost-cutting measures. However, there are less painful options, including reevaluating…
FY 2024 Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS Final Rule Summary
HFMA presents a detailed summary of the final rule issued by CMS on the Medicare inpatient rehabilitation facility prospective payment system for FY 2024.
How leveraging artificial intelligence in utilization management can enhance your revenue cycle
This white paper dives into how AI will help make healthcare sustainable and provide more of a focus on patient care. The goal is to decrease industry challenges and create new efforts to reduce the administrative cost of healthcare.
Remedy for 340B-Acquired Drug Payment Policy Proposed Rule Summary
FMA presents a detailed summary of the proposed rule describing the Agency’s proposed actions to craft a remedy relating to the adjustment of Medicare payment rates for drugs acquired under the 340B Program from calendar 2018 through September 27, 2022.
4 opportunities to improve mid-cycle revenue operations
The quality of a hospital’s revenue cycle processes directly impacts the health of its bottom line. In an age of stagnant margins, hospitals should do all they can to improve revenue cycle efficiency. The mid-cycle—that critical phase between patient registration and claims submission — is a great place to start. Numerous challenges arise during this…
Annual Conference: Keynote speaker Thomas Fisher tells a disturbing story about denial of care
Thomas Fisher, MD, MPH, author and emergency room physician for University of Chicago Medicine, might have made some members of the audience uncomfortable Tuesday at HFMA’s Annual Conference as he described a scenario that reflects poorly on at least one hospital. The situation boiled down to this: A man with a broken jaw and without…
Kenneth Stoll Receives HFMA Individual Achievement Award
Nashville, Tenn. (June 27, 2023) – The Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) today presented Kenneth Stoll with the 2023 Frederick C. Morgan Individual Achievement Award, honoring career-long contributions to HFMA and to the healthcare finance profession. Stoll has been vice president of strategic accounts at RevSpring, based in Nashville, since January 2020. He previously held…
James Heffernan Receives HFMA Individual Achievement Award
Nashville, Tenn. (June 27, 2023) – The Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) today presented James L. Heffernan, FHFMA, MBA, with the 2023 Frederick C. Morgan Individual Achievement Award, honoring career-long contributions to HFMA and to the healthcare finance profession. Heffernan was the senior vice president of finance and treasurer of the Massachusetts General Physicians Organization…
New HFMA Chair Dennis Dahlen and other directors take office
Nashville, Tenn. (June 27, 2023) – The Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) today inducted Mayo Clinic Chief Financial Officer Dennis E. Dahlen, FHFMA, MBA, CPA, into office as Chair of its Board of Directors for the 2023-24 term, which began on June 1, 2023. In his role as the chief elected officer of HFMA, Dahlen…