Joseph J. Fifer, FHFMA, CPA
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Joseph J. Fifer, FHFMA, CPA
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Just How Different Is the Healthcare Market?
Healthcare stakeholders should start treating consumers in the same manner as other industries that operate more like free markets, writes Joseph J. Fifer, president and CEO, HFMA.
The Experience Economy Is Coming to Health Care
HFMA President and CEO Joe Fifer discusses the implications of the experience economy for healthcare finance leaders.
Rededicating Ourselves to Building a Better Future
HFMA President and CEO Joe Fifer suggests solutions to healthcare finance leaders such as helping shape change, rather than passively observing it, or finding other ways to transition in the industry to avoid change fatigue.
It’s All Connected: Tackling a Newly Recognized Health Issue
HFMA President and CEO Joseph J. Fifer explains why traditional healthcare stakeholders are going beyond conventional boundaries to address a different kind of health issue—loneliness.
It’s Showtime!
HFMA President and CEO Joe Fifer shares perspectives on innovations and traditions at HFMA’s newly revamped Annual Conference.
Value: The Way Forward
Value-based payment won’t bend the cost curve unless healthcare organizations commit to fundamental change. Not everyone will come out whole.
Healthcare Finance Literacy: a New Workforce Competency
Given that finance is integral to every decision that is made in healthcare organizations today, everyone on the team should have a basic understanding of healthcare finance.
Has Value Become a Buzzword?
Our shared vision of value is at risk. We won’t attain high-value health care unless we agree on what that means.
Culture Still Eats Strategy for Breakfast
HFMA/Deloitte research reveals the importance of cultural alignment to successful hospital mergers.
The Overlooked Addiction
The need to address the opioid crisis is clear, thanks to the relentless media spotlight. But at the same time, the societal burden of alcohol abuse is growing yet has garnered little attention, writes Joseph J. Fifer, president and CEO of HFMA.