Grant Thornton: Guiding Organizations Through Cloud-Based ERP Adoption
A senior leader at Grant Thornton LLP HealthCare Advisory Services talks about key ways to lay the groundwork for a shift to cloud-based ERP solutions. Insights stem from a presentation given at the HFMA Large System Controllers Council.
Improving Patient Acquisition and Retention With Digital Care Coordination
By improving the patient experience from the first communication with a provider to post-discharge care, a healthcare organization can help attract and retain more patients.
Treatment of Addiction: Incentivizing Recovery, Not Relapse
Substance use disorder has too often been treated as an isolated infectious disease. The ARMH-APM, a proposed alternative payment model, aims to restructure provider incentives to promote more appropriate treatment of the disorder as a chronic disease.
10 Ways to Enhance the Patient Payment Experience
Patients represent a fast-growing source of payment for healthcare providers, so it is important for providers to take steps not only to increase collections but also to enhance their patients’ financial experience.
The Truth About Blockchain and Its Application to Health Care
Healthcare organizations have growing opportunities to begin applying blockchain technology to solving industry challenges, and today’s practical applications may be first steps toward more-sophisticated applications that could transform the industry.
R1 RCM: Partnering with Healthcare Organizations to Reimagine the Revenue Cycle
Two senior leaders at R1 talk about the advantages of working with an innovative revenue cycle partner that offers technology-enabled revenue cycle and patient experience services.
Five Considerations When Moving Technology to the Cloud
Tips-focused article on how to prepare for and optimize a transition to the cloud.
Temporary Nurses: A Viable Solution to Nurse Shortages
Nurse shortages have hospitals and health systems considering temporary nurses.
Valuing Patients as Consumers
February marks National Wise Health Care Consumer Month. HFMA President and CEO Joe Fifer encourages healthcare finance leaders to reflect on what their organizations are doing to help patients and community members feel valued as consumers.
The Texas Federal District Court’s Ruling on the Constitutionality of the ACA
The 2018 ruling in by the Texas District Court declaring Affordable Care Act unconstitutional is expected to be overturned, but the decision still could have an adverse effect on the future of value-based payment.