Find the latest numbers shaping healthcare finance
Learn the key numbers that shaped healthcare finance policy and practice in recent weeks.
News Briefs for January 2020
Developments and trends shaping healthcare finance
2020 vision: What to expect in healthcare finance over the next decade
Healthcare industry thought leaders share their perspectives on trends and developments that are likely to have an impact on the industry in the next decade.
Prior-authorization cost and time burdens increase for providers, report finds
Provider burdens from health plans’ use of prior authorization continue to mount amid calls to make the process fully automated.
Increased FTC scrutiny of hospital deals coming, commissioner says
Federal regulators plan to challenge several ongoing hospital transactions and are considering expanding the scope of their challenges.
Voices Presents: A Conversation with Mike Allen, HFMA’s Chair and CFO at OSF HealthCare
In this episode, HFMA President and CEO Joe Fifer debuts a series of conversations with health system CFOs. His inaugural interview is with Mike Allen, HFMA's 2019-2020 Chair and the CFO at OSF HealthCare in Peoria, Illinois.
Rising out-of-pocket cost of having a baby can impact hospital revenue and reputation
The increase in consumer out-of-pocket costs for having a baby can have a negative impact on both a hospital’s financial performance and its perception in the community.
Capitalize on purchased services’ unusual suspects to enhance revenue
A transformative healthcare company outlines some conventional and unusual strategies for streamlining purchased services spend to expand margins and drive revenue.
Many voters oppose giving government authority to set all healthcare prices
More voters oppose broad government rate-setting than support such an approach to addressing healthcare cost increases, according to a poll.
Growth in healthcare spending garners little attention
Healthcare spending in the U.S. as shown signs of growth in recent years, but the recent strong economic growth may be the main reason the trend has gained little notice.