CareCredit: A proven payment solution
An industry-leading patient financial solutions company details how its credit card solution facilitates patient payment, helping the patient and healthcare organization.
Opportunities and strategies for improving pharmacy financial performance
A roundtable of senior healthcare financial and pharmaceutical leaders that covers challenges and strategies for improving pharmacy financial performance.
Using artificial intelligence to improve revenue cycle operations
In God we trust; all others must bring data — W. Edwards Deming The ability to use the data aggregated throughout the revenue cycle is critical to proactive issue resolution, project prioritization, estimation of financial impact of revenue cycle initiatives and forecasting. However, data analysis at each stage of the revenue cycle is dependent on…
Analysis: Local purchasing alliance reduces hospital prices by 20%
As more data on price variability in healthcare becomes available, there will be an increase in activist employers and employer coalitions getting local health systems to lower prices.
Analysis: UHC calls out price variation for commodity services
Why health systems and providers need to prepare for potential changes by either Congress or employers, which could be triggered by recently published reports on the price differentials for healthcare procedures and services.
Providers push arbitration approaches used in some state surprise-bill laws
What should Congress learn from states’ experiences with laws attempting to curtail surprise healthcare bills?
HFMA’s Annual Conference helps leaders reimagine the future of healthcare
The conference offers customized cohort sessions and keynote speakers focused on innovation.
9 considerations for a comprehensive technology plan
Healthcare organizations should develop IT plans, measure themselves against their plans and consistently review how regulatory and product changes mandate the need for plan revisions.
Medicare Advantage plans accelerating their move into SDOH, advocate says
Medicare health plans have increasing authority to grapple with the social determinants of health, and more are pursuing such initiatives.
Marcus Whitney on how healthcare finance leaders can turn headwinds into tailwinds
Marcus Whitney says healthcare finance leaders can thrive amid structural challenges by being adaptable and willing to embrace change.