Finance and Business Strategy

Using Human-Centered Design for Patient Statements

A design team used "human-centered design" to create an award-winning patient statement supported by online documentation.

Lola Butcher May 19, 2017

The Challenge of Scale

The healthcare industry has reached the point at which one of its most pressing needs is to assess which innovative models are working and then scale them up, writes HFMA President and CEO Joe Fifer.

Joseph J. Fifer, FHFMA, CPA May 18, 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

Sidebar: Screening for Food Insecurity

The American Academy of Pediatrics encourages pediatricians to use a validated two-question screening tool to identify patients who may need help getting food.

HFMA May 16, 2017

Providers Focus on Food Insecurity

Recognizing that food insecurity has a direct impact on health, provider organizations are launching initiatives to address hunger in their communities. When Mountain Comprehensive Health Corporation (MCHC), a federally qualified health center in rural Kentucky, started sending

Lola Butcher May 16, 2017

Diverse M&A Activity Showcases New Partnership Rationale

Healthcare organizations are merging or partnering for different reasons than they did in the past, highlighting the move toward value-based care and population health management.

Anu R. Singh May 15, 2017

What’s Behind an Innovative Tool?

A specialized department to help clinicians and researchers at Boston Children’s Hospital get their innovative ideas to market.

Laura Ramos Hegwer May 15, 2017

Direct Primary Care Gains Traction

Direct primary care is gaining a foothold in the healthcare industry because it promotes convenience for consumers and greater accountability among providers.

Lola Butcher May 15, 2017

Healthcare Strategy in the Year of Uncertainty

Economics continues to overshadow politics as a driver of healthcare strategy for providers, with market forces looming large even amid legislative uncertainty.

Aamer Mumtaz May 15, 2017

Ask the Experts: Medical Equipment Leasing

What are the current leasing trends for medical equipment?

HFMA May 12, 2017
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