HFMA Executive Roundtable: Implications of Value-Based Payment for Revenue Cycle Management
As organizations delve into value-based arrangements, they are modifying revenue cycle operations to accommodate this new type of payment, which can be challenging. In this roundtable, several financial leaders discuss how they are readying their revenue cycles for value-based payment while continuing to support fee-for-service.
How to Optimize Ambulatory Care
Leaders from across the healthcare continuum describe how making strategic improvements to an ambulatory platform can boost organizations both financially and operationally.
Is Focus of Value Based Care Moving From Hospitals to Physicians
Recent changes to bundled payment models are the among the developments that suggest the Trump administration may be seeking to shift the focus of value-based care from hospitals to physicians.
Healthcare Real Estate Strategies That Enhance Value
Value-based care has altered healthcare delivery, leading to new real estate strategies that include building outpatient centers or micro-hospitals that are easier for patients to access.
New IBD Care Models Reduce ED Inpatient Use
Leading gastroenterologists are adapting the patient-centered medical home model to treat patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
Bridging the Divide in Device Development
An on-site incubator’s pilot training program helps medical device entrepreneurs and government regulators better understand each other.
Expanding the Continuum of Care
Social determinants of health are becoming increasingly relevant to healthcare stakeholders as the industry transitions to population health management, writes Joseph J. Fifer, president and CEO, HFMA.
Demand for Healthcare Workers Continues to Grow, but Skills Gaps Remain
Jeffrey Helton, a lecturer at the Milken Institute of Public Health and The George Washington University, says sought-after skills include data analysis and the ability to connect those data to real solutions.
We Become What We Know
Anna Dapelo-Garcia, administrative director of patient access services at Stanford Health Care, chose to give back to industry by founding "Lean In Latinas," a chapter of the Lean In organization founded by Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook.
5 Career-Boosting Steps for Women Health IT Professionals
In today's healthcare IT sector, there are more opportunities than ever for passionate, dedicated leaders. Sheri Stoltenberg, founder and CEO of Stoltenberg Consulting, writes about how women can gain a foothold in this landscape.