Why AMCs must work in the “Now, Near and Far” for overall success
Senior financial leaders in academic medical centers (AMCs) discuss the role of the AMC in healthcare’s future and the importance of keeping current, future, and long-range priorities in mind.
Optimizing Payment Receipt to Improve Cash Flow and Reduce Error
In this article, CommerceHealthcare® discusses how it marries financial foresight with healthcare insight to help clients rethink and improve receivables management, payment services and patient loan financing and lending processes.
Medicare advisers meeting among next week’s key industry events
Healthcare finance policy events for the week of Sept. 30.
2 approaches illustrate best practices in digital patient engagement
Two health plans shared the ways they’ve improved digital engagement with both patients and providers.
Verma to insurers: The public is ‘frustrated with you’
Seema Verma, administrator of CMS, says health plans need to become much more innovative, or they will be eliminated due to political pressure stemming from the public’s frustration.
Analysis: Yes Virginia (and Tennessee), controlling healthcare costs requires hard choicesc
A discussion about the challenges of achieving cost savings by rationalizing care delivery assets, post-merger.
Analysis: Prevalence of screening for SDOH by U.S. physician practices and hospitals
HFMA’s Katie Gilfillan says although physicians don’t have the training, resources or time to address patients’ SDOH needs, they could screen and refer patients to clinicians and resources more equipped to provide social interventions.
Why it’s so important for leaders to learn and use emotional intelligence
Emotional intelligence separates successful leaders from those who struggle, and it’s a trait that can be nurtured and learned.
How an Iowa hospital earned 2 MAP Awards for excellence in revenue cycle performance
Henry County Health Center, a critical access hospital in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, has earned two MAP Awards and made noticeable strides toward financial transparency.
Collaboration between the CFO and supply chain management is vital to achieving value-based care
The CFO and supply chain management can support value-based care by collaborating on issues such as implementing robust data analytics.