Reach for the Heart: A Plea for Healthcare Finance Leaders
Healthcare finance professionals should use data to tell stories that resonate with listeners, including clinicians, on both a personal and an intellectual level.
Should Hospitals Fear the Amazon-Berkshire-JP Morgan Entity?
Feb. 28—Although little is yet clear about the high-profile collaboration between three innovative companies, hospitals could see a range of impacts, industry watchers say.
Organizational Culture
HFMA President and CEO Joseph J. Fifer, FHFMA, CPA, talks about the importance of aligning organizational cultures when hospitals and health systems merge.
CVS-Aetna Deal Targets Hospital Utilization for Savings
Feb. 27—Executives at CVS Health and Aetna told Congress this week that the merged entity they propose to create will look to garner savings from reduced hospital use.
Improving Performance and Enhancing Innovation With Venture Investing: Perspectives From Leading Health Systems
Health system leaders describe their strategic approaches to venture investing and share the insights and perspectives that have informed those approaches.
A Three-Pronged Approach for Tackling Physician Burnout
Atrius Health CEO Steven Strongwater describes a three-pronged plan that the organization implemented to tackle physician burnout head-on.
‘Business as Usual’ in FTC Hospital Deal Enforcement, Former Official Says
Feb. 26—Despite an expected continuation of record hospital merger-and-acquisition deal volume, and warnings from the Trump administration, a former law enforcement leader said antitrust enforcement is not expected to change in 2018.
Culture and Communication Critical to Successful M&As
A recent study found that attention to stakeholder goals and organizational culture and communication help newly merged or acquired hospitals meet their strategic aspirations.
Bringing the HFMA Code of Ethics to Life
Ethics can and should be practical, and ethical practice begins with knowing and living by the highest standards of an association.
Benchmarking: Moving Beyond a Metrics Beauty Pageant
The true power of benchmarking entails studying how best practice organizations achieve their top performance levels and then takes those lessons learned and adapts them for use by other provider organizations.