FastFinance: One health system’s efficiency push
HFMA’s FastFinance newsletter is now a podcast. Host Rich Daly discusses the most current and relevant healthcare news, delivered in an easily digestible format. Federal funding cuts under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act are expected to bite in a couple years. But one health system is trying to jumpstart its efficiency efforts by pretending…
Healthcare Technology, Episode 1: Solving the right problem at the right time
In the first episode of this special series sponsored by Philips, HFMA Senior Editor Erika Grotto talks with Taylor Seale of Epic and Jeff Gautney from Rush University System for Health about planning and prioritizing technology projects.
Oct. 20: Where things stand with the government shutdown and Affordable Care Act subsidies
HFMA Senior Editor Nick Hut and HFMA Policy Director Shawn Stack discuss the latest in healthcare finance news.
FastFinance: Good faith estimate rules coming
HFMA’s FastFinance newsletter is now a podcast. Host Rich Daly discusses the most current and relevant healthcare news, delivered in an easily digestible format. Congress is pressing CMS to release long-delayed rules that would implement requirements that providers create good faith estimates for their patients. Also, this week’s Weird Number: As of July, 96.5% of…
Oct. 6, 2025: The healthcare impacts of a federal government shutdown
HFMA Senior Editor Nick Hut and HFMA Policy Director Shawn Stack discuss the latest in healthcare finance news.
FastFinance: How employers are cutting healthcare costs
HFMA’s FastFinance newsletter is now a podcast. Host Rich Daly discusses the most current and relevant healthcare news, delivered in an easily digestible format. An employer group identifies the most effective cost-cutting approaches large businesses have found for their employee healthcare coverage. Also, this week’s Weird Number: $1.7 billion is available for hospitals from the…
The latest on budget talks, rural healthcare funding and a controversial payment policy
HFMA Senior Editor Nick Hut and HFMA Policy Director Shawn Stack discuss the latest in healthcare finance news. Also in this episode, Brad Dennison, HFMA’s Vice President of Content, talks with Rich Daly about the new Fast Finance podcast.
FastFinance: MA impact on hospital margins
HFMA’s FastFinance newsletter is now a podcast. Host Rich Daly discusses the most current and relevant healthcare news, delivered in an easily digestible format. MedPAC found increasing local Medicare Advantage enrollment had little effect on hospitals’ margins. But some have questioned those findings. Also, this week’s Weird Number: As many as one million patients fall…
FY ’26 budget proposals, Medicare cuts and more
HFMA’s Nick Hut and Shawn Stack discuss the latest in healthcare finance news.
FastFinance: Medicare enrollees’ drug costs spike
HFMA’s FastFinance newsletter is now a podcast. Host Rich Daly discusses the most current and relevant healthcare news, delivered in an easily digestible format. Medicare enrollees’ out-of-pocket drug costs have jumped this year, according to recent research. Learn what effects researchers expect. Also, this week’s Weird Number: 95% of business leaders expect no measurable business…