Cover Story
Healthcare in 2024: Key issues finance leaders should keep on their radar
Seven hfm columnists share their predictions of what will likely be defining issues affecting healthcare in 2024.
Expert Reviewed
How a payer-provider collaboration around quality reporting can reduce costs and improve outcomes
The challenge — and imperative — for provider and payer organizations is to find more constructive ways to work together.
Limit financial risk from Medicaid redetermination
Hospital leaders can take steps to limit the loss of Medicaid coverage in their communities.
Feature
10 keys to restoring trust in healthcare: a summary
Insights provided during HFMA’s 16th annual Thought Leadership Retreat can help healthcare leaders better manage relationships and perceptions within and across their communities.
Columns
Dennis Dahlen: New year, not-so-new struggles call for revamped approach
HFMA Chair Dennis Dahlen reports on the 2024 J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference and shares ways healthcare finance can take the lead in creating more forward progress.
Susan Dentzer: Why we have reached a tipping point on pharmaceutical spending
Policy expert and hfm columnist Susan Dentzer describes how a backlash over high pharmacy prices is bringing about a transformation of the sector.
Jill Geisler: 8 proactive ways to keep your top performers engaged
Leadership expert and HFMA columnist Jill Geisler shares eight proactive steps healthcare finance leaders can take to keep their top performers engaged.
Alan Lovelace: Healthcare CFOs require stamina to respond to post-COVID pressures
In this Voice of Experience column, Alan Lovelace offers advice on what today’s hospital or health system CFOs can do to keep their organizations on a stable financial footing.
Departments
News Briefs: A new fee is set for using the No Surprises Act arbitration portal
As published in the February 2024 issue of hfm, this news roundup presents the top stories for healthcare finance professionals.
People: Sanford Health selects Scott Wooten as CFO
Sanford Health taps Scott Wooten as CFO, and Bradley Haws is named CEO of University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics. Lynn Severson and Byron Gabbard also have new CFO roles.
Supplements
Cardinal Health WaveMark Solutions: Improving financial performance using clinical supply chain technology
In this HFMA executive roundtable, six healthcare financial executives reflect on the biggest clinical supply chain challenges their organization faces and discuss what metrics are most critical to evaluating success and a return on investment (ROI) with clinical supply chain technologies.
Iodine Software: How healthcare finance organizations are working to become more<br>resilient
In this HFMA executive roundtable, seven healthcare financial executives share their strategies for tackling the challenges of financial management in the current environment.
FORVIS: Most healthcare organizations will embrace two-sided value-based care models in 2024
An HFMA-FORVIS survey found that although 59% of healthcare organizations plan to participate in additional two-sided risk value-based care (VBC) models, only half have clearly defined protocols to assess new VBC opportunities.
GHX: Leveraging the supply chain for cost reduction
In this HFMA executive roundtable, seven healthcare finance executives share their plans for leveraging the supply chain to help reduce costs.
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