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Ken Perez: An assessment of the health policies of Kamala Harris and Donald Trump

The 2024 presidential election features a shift in policy position by Democratic Party candidate Kamala Harris, who has distanced herself from her previous advocacy of Medicare for All, while Republican Party candidate Donald Trump appears less intent on repealing the Affordable Care Act.

Ken Perez August 22, 2024

Premier’s AI platform offers a data-driven solution for medical group leaders

Learn about how Provider Practice Benchmarking allows medical group leaders to directly measure their performance across more than 150 physician and advanced practitioner specialties in a number of areas from a single reporting platform.

HFMA August 1, 2024

Healthcare organizations increasingly rely on third-party solutions for RCM tasks

While healthcare organizations rely on native EHR functionality for certain revenue cycle management (RCM) tasks, they increasingly look to third-party solutions for others. But what questions should they be asking? Check out key takeaways in this research report.

HFMA August 1, 2024

Ramifications of a proposed rule to halt credit reporting of medical debt

A proposed rule from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) would curtail the inclusion of medical debt in credit evaluations, potentially shaking up healthcare billing and collections processes. The CFPB framed part of its rationale for the June 11 rule in the context of privacy, noting Congress previously limited the sharing of a patient’s medical…

Nick Hut August 1, 2024

News Briefs: Supreme Court ruling on Chevron makes regulations more vulnerable to legal challenges

The Supreme Court issued a decision June 28 that has dramatic implications for the regulatory infrastructure in healthcare, among many other industries. Under the Supreme Court’s 1984 Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council decision, courts were guided to give deference in their rulings to federal regulatory authorities such as CMS. Such agencies were deemed to…

Nick Hut August 1, 2024

Grace-Marie Turner: Medical innovation should not be stymied by misguided policy

The Inflation Reduction Act and the proposed march-in rights framework are threatening medical progress and innovation, leading to higher costs for seniors, fewer job opportunities, and a decrease in the number of new drugs brought to market.

Grace-Marie Turner July 31, 2024

Wyoming Chapter proves simplicity yields success

Philanthropic projects are as much a part of HFMA chapter events as professional education. Through such projects, chapter members volunteer much-needed services and donate thousands of dollars to improve the health and well-being of their communities. And it doesn’t always take a major lift to pull off a philanthropy project that makes a difference. In…

Crystal Milazzo July 31, 2024

Jill Geisler: Leadership is the best antidote to office politics

I ’m accustomed to hearing people refer to office politics when talking about challenges at work. It’s a negative descriptor, one that implies success is determined by game-playing. Such games may involve deception, information hoarding, power plays, sucking up, passive aggression, opportunistic coalitions, backstabbing and hidden agendas. People see or suspect that others are doing…

Jill Geisler July 31, 2024

Kristina Bouyea and Cynthia Low Johnson earn women of the year laurels

Two HFMA members were recently named women of the year by the Northern California Chapter. The awards, which comprise two categories and are selected by an independent, non-HFMA review committee, were presented May 10 at the Chapter’s 11th Annual Women’s Conference.   The Emerging Leader: Woman of the Year Award was presented to Kristina Bouyea, government…

Crystal Milazzo July 31, 2024

Marc Scher: Successful innovation calls for an ‘always forward’ approach

During one of my favorite presentations at HFMA’s Annual Conference, healthcare entrepreneur and best-selling author Suneel Gupta described Betty Crocker’s unexpectedly bumpy path to launching an instant cake mix.  Betty Crocker believed instant cake mixes were destined to become a best-selling product. Leaders had done the research, and they put a lot of marketing behind…

Marc B. Scher, FHFMA, CPA July 31, 2024
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