HFMA

This award recognizes organizations whose innovative and effective strategies have enabled them to achieve excellence in revenue cycle performance.

HFMA announced the 2018 winners of the MAP Award for High Performance in Revenue Cycle, including three integrated delivery systems, two hospital systems, nine individual hospitals, two critical access hospitals, and six physician practices.

HFMA introduced a new online healthcare certification designed to validate and acknowledge the professional expertise of inpatient coding auditor professionals.

TransUnion Healthcare has expanded its relationship with HFMA through an enterprise membership which will be provided to its healthcare associates.

HFMA, with a partnership with Credly, is enhancing its prestigious suite of healthcare financial credentials with the introduction of digital badges.

Ezekiel Emanuel, MD, PhD, will deliver the closing keynote address at HFMA's Revenue Cycle Conference, to be held on October 21-23 in Denver.

Phyllis Cowling receives Earl M. Collier Award for Distinguished Health Care Administration. Jennifer Bertrand, Gregg Garrison and Sophia Holder are new CFOs.

This report offers key takeaways from a 2019 HFMA Annual Conference focus group in which several senior financial leaders discuss the challenges and opportunities in leveraging data analytics to improve utilization, clinical outcome, and financial performance.

A practical article based on a November webinar by Grant Thornton LLP that discusses the four steps involved in effectively executing a transaction or acquisition and best practices for reducing costs and mitigating risk.

Important learnings from a June 2019 HFMA Annual Conference intercept survey about how hospitals and health systems are making strides in proactively collecting patient payments.