Healthcare Business Trends

HFMA President and CEO Joe Fifer discusses recent healthcare industry merger news in the context of consumerism and collaboration imperatives.

Hospitals and health systems are challenged to respond strategically to disruptive new competitors and technologies that are entering their markets and threaten to dramatically transform the industry.

James H. Landman reflects on HFMA’s 11th annual Thought Leadership Retreat.

The community benefits provided by not-for-profit hospitals outweigh the federal tax revenue that is not collected from these organizations. 

Healthcare leaders can use a decision-making model to identify possible ethical dilemmas at the intersection of health care and lobbying.

CFOs should consider patient volume, potential partners, and costs—which can be $15 million to $25 million to cover startup expenses—when entering into a payer-provider joint venture to build a provider-sponsored health plan.

Health plans seek provider partners who are organized for population health, and CFOs can provide the leadership to guide such infrastructure investments.

John Johnston addresses the unique challenge of community hospitals in an environment of dwindling profit margins.

The growing demands of consumers make it imperative for healthcare organization to focus their strategic planning efforts on meeting consumer needs and expectations.

Executive Experience attendees at HFMA’s ANI 2017 provided input on four vital issues that need to be addressed when seeking to establish value-based partnerships.