Joseph J. Fifer, FHFMA, CPA
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Joseph J. Fifer, FHFMA, CPA
Latest Work
Beyond healthcare: What consumers want
The healthcare industry has a history of organizing business processes around the needs and wants of producers, not consumers.
Beyond healthcare: What consumers want
West Health-Gallup recently found only 5% of consumers believe that Americans are receiving high-value healthcare. Joe Fifer says addressing this challenge will require a new mindset and an expanded mission, but he believes healthcare leaders are up to it.
Joe Fifer: Revenue cycle workforce shortages: Culture is key
HFMA President and CEO Joe Fifer offers perspectives on the revenue cycle workforce shortage.
Joe Fifer: Cost effectiveness of health: Why now?
HFMA President and CEO Joe Fifer addresses the urgency of making the shift toward cost effectiveness of health.
DEI at the healthcare leadership level: Where do we stand?
HFMA President and CEO Joe Fifer reflects on the healthcare industry’s progress toward improving diversity, equity and inclusion at the leadership level.
Joe Fifer: Reflections on the pandemic, year 3, and its impact on healthcare’s frontline workers
HFMA President and CEO Joe Fifer shares a perspective on ways to acknowledge healthcare’s frontline workers as the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic begins.
Relief meets reality: The pandemic is not over yet
HFMA President and CEO Joe Fifer reflects on another challenging year for healthcare.
Relief meets reality: The healthcare workforce is still reeling from COVID-19’s impact
HFMA President and CEO Joe Fifer reflects on another challenging year for healthcare.
Healthcare’s top area of vulnerability: cost effectiveness
HFMA President and CEO Joe Fifer discusses some of the ways that healthcare provider organizations are vulnerable to disruption.
Reframing health as an investment: What we stand to gain
FMA President and CEO Joe Fifer discusses the implications of reframing health as an investment rather than an expenditure.