Financial Reporting

Healthcare Cost Containment: December 2016

Subscribers can access the December 2016 issue of Healthcare Cost Containment.

HFMA June 1, 2017

Managing the Cost of Quality

Healthcare leaders need to provide relevant stakeholders organizationwide with transparency into quality-related costs to drive performance improvement progress. The right tools and processes make the needed visibility possible.

Dan Seargeant June 1, 2017

Children’s Hospital Uses EHR to Save $6 for Every $1 Invested

Nationwide Children’s Hospital piloted a continuous improvement program that reduced total inpatient days, admissions, and emergency department visits. A major success factor was the capture of specific data with every patient encounter, creating systematic opportunities to improve patient outcomes and deliver care more efficiently.

Laura Ramos Hegwer June 1, 2017

Keeping Ahead of the RACs

Changes announced by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services underscore the need for healthcare organizations to prepare for escalating auditor activity.

Lula Jensen May 31, 2017

Video: Consciously Lowering the Cost of Care

Gordon T. Edwards, CFO for Marshfield Clinic Health System, discusses the high cost of hospital care and how Marshfield treats patients outside the hospital care setting at a lower cost.

HFMA May 30, 2017

Gauging the Financial Impact of MIPS

The financial impacts of MIPS scores can amount to millions of dollars per organization and will significantly grow over the next several years.

Tom S. Lee May 16, 2017

Assessing the Value of Care

A healthcare finance leader, clinical leader, and health plan executive discuss best practices for assessing the value of healthcare drugs and services.

Kathleen Vega May 15, 2017

Ask the Experts: Medical Equipment Leasing

What are the current leasing trends for medical equipment?

HFMA May 12, 2017

Facts in Healthcare Finance: Is Spinning the Numbers Unethical?

A hospital CFO’s ability to separate facts from opinions and perspectives sets the stage for organizational integrity.

William Marty Martin May 11, 2017

2 Ways to Achieve the Benefits of Rolling Forecasting

Rolling forecasting can be an effective approach for financial modeling and is flexible enough to meet varied organizational structures. It can help to increase accountability and encourage efficiency and other process improvements.

Jeff Goldstein May 11, 2017
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