Collaborating With Your CEO
CEOs want CFOs who can think strategically, not just operationally. Today's CFOs should have an eye toward advancing clinical quality, patient satisfaction, employee engagement, and financial stability goals.
Health Systems Share ‘Pearls of Innovation’
A recent investor conference featured presentations by 27 tax-exempt health systems. Common threads include quality and safety and consumer focus.
Health Systems Present at Investor Conference
Investors, bankers, and rating agencies learned about the priorities of 27 health systems during a recent healthcare investor conference.
Understanding Pricing Trends in a Changing Environment
Pricing data can help providers make more informed strategic decisions and build better relationships with their patients.
A Push to Streamline Value-Based Payment
Value-based payment is ripe to repeat past fee-for-service problems—widespread slowdowns as each entity took different approaches to data collection and sharing and, as a result, hampering interactions. CAQH CORE is getting in front of these challenges now.
How to Get Involved in CAQH CORE’s Work
CAQH CORE currently is forming groups to work on healthcare data standardization. Healthcare finance professionals are a core constituent and CAQH welcomes their participation.
Preparing for Rising Patient Financial Responsibility
Average patient out-of-pocket healthcare costs increased 11 percent in 2017. Learn the strategies revenue cycle leaders can implement to address this growing concern.
Should utilization review report to patient care or revenue cycle?
Utilization review should work as part of a productive whole, alongside many other areas, says a former Cleveland Clinic finance executive. The function can report to finance, administration, operations, and even patient experience.
3 Strategies for Taking Control of Payer Management
Three strategies can help hospitals and health systems prioritize payer contract management.
Payer access to EHR data improves cash flow
Sharp Healthcare gives some payers limited access to their members’ EHR data, which reduces the time-consuming cycle of level-of-care authorization denials, appeals, and ultimate approvals.