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Read the Summer 2019 issue of Strategic Financial Planning.

Read the Healthcare Cost Containment June 2019 issue featuring content on cost reduction and quality improvement, supply chain management and labor cost management.

On August 2, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its final rule describing federal fiscal year (FY) 2020 policies and rates for Medicare’s prospective payment systems for acute care inpatient hospitals (IPPS) and the long-term care hospital prospective payment system (LTCH PPS).

This HFMA Executive Summary presentation explains the CMS FY 2020 IPPS final rule.

Several payer-provider collaborations launched in Massachusetts seek to better manage Medicaid risk by including behavioral health resources, among other services.

Research showed healthcare providers were able to reduce opioid misuse in their practices by 40% when they followed prescribing guidelines that included regular prescription drug monitoring program checks and toxicology testing.

A public-option health plan could lead to the closure of 1,000 rural hospitals, according to an analysis.

This executive summary from HFMA explains the CMS FY2020 IPPS Final Rule.

This HFMA summary explains the CMS proposed rule on two models that would provide specialty care to Medicare beneficiaries with cancer and end-stage renal disease.

The results of a May 2019 HFMA study about risk readiness in which hospital and health system senior financial leaders share insights on their organizations’ risk capabilities and tolerance.