Chapter partnership with OU drives student engagement
In just over two years, a partnership between the HFMA Oklahoma Chapter and the University of Oklahoma (OU) Hudson College of Public Health has not only enhanced students’ healthcare finance education but also helped 54 of those students earn the Certified Specialist in Payment and Reimbursement (CSPR) certification. Bringing HFMA certifications to local university curriculum…
Automated payment reconciliation emerges as critical gap in healthcare revenue cycle
Organizations of all sizes are actively working to improve processes through increased automation, but each market segment has its own challenges. Read this report to discover the findings.
News Briefs: Relief might be fleeting for healthcare after Supreme Court’s decision on tariffs
The Supreme Court’s Feb. 20 decision striking down most of the Trump administration’s tariff policy negated many of the tariffs that have affected healthcare and other industries since beginning in August 2025. The ruling leaves in place sector-specific tariffs such as increased levies on imports of steel and aluminum, for which the tariff has been…
Ken Perez: AI, the healthcare industry’s private-sector-led revolution
With the advent of AI, many industry observers say the U.S. healthcare industry is standing at the brink of a sea change. As industrywide adoption of AI accelerates, now is a good time for the industry’s stakeholders to pause for a moment and take stock of what this new technology means for the healthcare system.…
David Johnson: The AI infrastructure advantage — Build it and consumers will come
As a Peace Corps volunteer in Liberia, West Africa, I witnessed the transformative power of connecting isolated rain-forest villages to road networks. Suddenly, never-before-seen goods and services appeared. Villagers could travel for education, work and pleasure. A road’s arrival was both exciting and disruptive. New opportunities emerged as old ways disappeared. Based on its traditional…
Rural hospitals seeing signs of financial hope
After years of struggling with financially precarious positions, rural hospitals saw their overall finances begin to improve in 2025. Both individual hospital strategies and external payment changes could determine whether that trend continues. The finding of overall improvement in rural hospital finances nationwide came from Chartis in its annual report tracking their finances.a From 2023…
Jill Geisler: What’s a leader to do when good employees leave?
Picture this: A good employee informs his boss he’s planning to resign. He gives plenty of advance notice. A bigger organization is offering him an expanded opportunity. The boss accepts the resignation, then lets others on the team know he’s not happy about it. He tells them, “This place has a one-way door.” In other…
HFMA Annual Conference 2026 reimagines the on-site experience
HFMA Annual Conference 2026 attendees should expect a reimagined experience built around inclusivity and making the event easy to navigate. More than 4,000 finance leaders and solution partners committed to advancing the future of financial sustainability in healthcare are expected to attend the four-day event, June 7-10, at the Gaylord Resort & Conference Center in…
Why hospitals should develop a billable supply policy
The question of how best to charge and bill medical supplies to insurers has long been fraught with uncertainty for U.S. healthcare providers. The uncertainty arose from the decision by Congress in 1983 to implement the inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) and, in 2000, the outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS), with the goal of controlling…
10 ways health systems can reduce risk when investing in innovation
Michele Cusack, executive vice president and CFO at Northwell Health, was at a crossroads. She had to choose between two potential innovation investments, both of which clearly aligned with the system’s strategy and were backed by strong internal champions. One provided a more traditional opportunity to reinvest in core clinical infrastructure with a clear, near-term…