Why health systems may find an acute care at home strategy attractive
The potential for improved outcomes is just one important reason to consider pursuing an acute care at home strategy. Even in the absence of payment, health systems may ultimately find pursuit of such a strategy beneficial.
Strategic alternative dispute resolution offers providers key to substantial claim recoveries
To be able to effectively handle disputes over healthcare claims, providers must be well-informed about the two basic types of alternative dispute resolution that can help them achieve favorable results: arbitration and mediation.
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Finding solutions to better manage payment process workflows
In this roundtable, revenue cycle leaders share their challenges, how they have enhanced payment processes through automation, and how they have identified opportunities for improvement.
Healthcare finance leaders share innovative approaches to pandemic challenges
In this Roundtable, several senior financial leaders discuss how their organizations are handling new and persistent problems and what role technology plays in solving staffing issues.
New roles at Adventist Health for Todd Hofheins and John Beaman
Adventist Health promotes Todd Hofheins to COO and John Beaman to CFO. Terri Hays, Leon Choiniere and Dan Bugarin also have new jobs, and Dan Moncher has retired.
Under Karen DeSalvo, Google Health has big ideas for bolstering public health
Google Health is working to improve the lives of “hundreds of millions” of users while also enhancing operations for healthcare providers.
A bolder, brighter, better healthcare finance industry is within reach
Outgoing HFMA National Chair Tammie Jackson urges healthcare finance professionals to continue making bold moves toward a brighter, better healthcare industry.
News Briefs: Biden administration will apply closer scrutiny to healthcare billing practices
A monthly roundup of top news for healthcare finance professionals.
Beyond healthcare: What consumers want
The healthcare industry has a history of organizing business processes around the needs and wants of producers, not consumers.