Career Pathways
Be better prepared to decrease receivables, reduce denials and work more efficiently within your patient-centered revenue cycle.
Proficiency goals:
- Manage efficient revenue cycle operations
- Provide a transparent patient experience
- Improve financial performance
Courses:
- Patient Access Essentials - Recommended for revenue cycle front-line staff who are new to their position
- Patient Financial Communications: Advance of Service
- Patient Financial Communications: Time of Service
- Patient Financial Communications: Emergency Department
- Certified Revenue Cycle Representative - Recommended for revenue cycle staff with at least 1 year experience
- Strategies to Prevent Claims Denials
- All elearning lessons and certifications are included with HFMA membership. Browse additional offerings.
Acquire the capability to highlight useful information, suggest conclusions and support decision making to enable powerful results-oriented actions.
Proficiency goals:
- Expand strategic leadership capabilities to leverage influence
- Track and manage compliance for frequently changing laws
- Address growing patient expectations
- Deploy, manage, and invest resources
- Analyze performance of business lines and recommended changes
Courses:
- Business of Health Care® - Recommended for those new to healthcare finance
- Certified Healthcare Financial Professional - Recommended for healthcare professionals
- Certified Specialist Business Intelligence - Recommended for healthcare managers with at least 2 years experience
- All elearning lessons and certifications are included with HFMA membership. Browse additional offerings.
Explore and hone your budgeting, reporting, risk analysis management.
Proficiency goals:
- Assess cost management to meet demands
- Deeply understand payment models
- Be an expert at revenue management
- Analyze and generate accurate and timely financials
Courses:
- Business of Health Care® - Recommended for those new to healthcare finance
- Certified Specialist Accounting & Finance - Recommended for accounting professionals in healthcare financial management
- All elearning lessons and certifications are included with HFMA membership. Browse additional offerings.
Unpack the finances of managed care, from big picture trends to contracting and negotiating, reimbursement methodologies, and provider and payer processes.
Proficiency goals:
- Deeply grasp value-based and other payment models
- Manage contracting process by leveraging technology
- Understand risk evaluation
Courses:
- Business of Health Care® - Recommended for those new to healthcare finance
- Certified Specialist in Payment and Reimbursement - Recommended for finance and clinical leaders
- All elearning lessons and certifications are included with HFMA membership. Browse additional offerings.
Stay informed on key legislative and regulatory requirements.
Proficiency goals:
- Ensure operations conform with pertinent laws and regulations
- Be informed on current compliance requirements
Courses:
- Business of Health Care® - Recommended for those new to healthcare finance
- All elearning lessons and certifications are included with HFMA membership. Browse additional offerings.
Be ready to make decisions regarding joint ventures, debt obligations, bond issues, capital investment decisions, equity financing and more.
Proficiency goals:
- Finding alternative sources of capital to increase cash position
- Avoid getting into a cash-poor position
- Build financial strength and facilitate growth at a sustainable rate
Courses:
- Certified Specialist in Accounting and Finance (CSAF) – Recommended for those managing the financial assets of the organization.
- All elearning lessons and certifications are included with HFMA membership. Browse additional offerings.
Enhance your understanding of the essentials of contemporary physician practice management.
Proficiency goals:
- Understand context and framework of how practice fits within the entire healthcare continuum
- Manage bad debt and charity care, as well as third-party and self-pay receivables
- Comply with Stark Laws that pertain to physician practices
- Evaluate contracts for maximum benefit and develop accurate financial reports for managing the practice
Courses:
- Certified Specialist Physician Practice Management - Recommended for physician office manager or medical practice operations positions
- Business of Health Care® - Recommended for those new to healthcare finance
- All elearning lessons and certifications are included with HFMA membership. Browse additional offerings.
“With HFMA and CRCR I was able to enhance my learning experience and use some of that knowledge during my internship to help write some new policies and work on how we communicate with our patients.”
Morgan Coker, CRCR
Revenue Cycle Manager, Advanced Dermatology
