Matthew E. Cox, FHFMA, CPA
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Matthew E. Cox, FHFMA, CPA
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Matthew Cox: Healthcare change calls for a shift in perspective
There is no shortage of uncertainty in healthcare right now. Regulatory and reimbursement changes are creating new questions for health systems, AI is advancing rapidly and supply chain and other economic concerns add another layer of complexity. Amid all this uncertainty, healthcare finance leaders must keep setting strategy, often without knowing what the environment may…
Matthew Cox: Why we need mentors
One question I think about most as a healthcare finance leader is whether we are preparing people for tomorrow’s challenges. Healthcare finance is not the profession it was a decade or even five years ago. We’re navigating changes in payment, technology and workforce dynamics amid affordability pressures and rising performance expectations. Career paths are becoming…
Matthew Cox: Tech innovation should drive affordability
Technological innovation will reshape healthcare the fastest, respondents to HFMA’s “Hospital of the Future” survey overwhelmingly agree. But healthcare’s affordability challenge also ranks as a major impetus for change, with 66% of respondents saying it’s a driving force for transformation. Thoughtful application of health tech could make a deep impact, strengthening quality of care and…
Spectrum Health leaders create diversity council for CFO-led functions
The new program helps boost CFO division diversity by 4 percentage points in a year and a half.
How Spectrum Health achieved a $64.3 million margin improvement
Strong change management played a key role in an HFMA MAP Award winner’s revenue cycle transformation.