Jana Cook: Phelps Health shows growth despite rural healthcare challenges
Managing a rural hospital is no easy task. The American Hospital Association (AHA) has reported that rural hospitals represented 71% of the decline in the number of U.S. community hospitals between 2017 and 2021.a Rural hospitals’ susceptibility to financial instability is a consequence of a number of disadvantages they suffer compared with their urban counterparts.…
A new HFMA cost report certification will help build the next generation of cost report experts
Sam Antonios, MD, saw HFMA’s newly launched Certified Hospital Cost Report Specialist (CHCRS) certification as a way to build on previous training, but little did he know when enrolling that he’d be the first person to complete the training and pass the exam. “When HFMA released a cost report resource and certification, I was particularly…