Analysis: UnitedHealthcare expands MA bundled payment plan offerings for 2020
HFMA’s Chad Mulvany says UnitedHealthcare’s move to expand its bundled payment offerings to providers in its Medicare Advantage plans in more than 30 states is a step in the right direction in support of providers’ efforts to transition to value-based payment models.
Analysis: N.C. House of Representatives stalls reference-based pricing plan
HFMA’s Chad Mulvany looks at the trend of states basing (or considering basing) hospital and physician service payment rates for employees on a percentage of Medicare.
Analysis: CVS, Walgreens look to the chronically ill for a pharmacy cure
HFMA’s Chad Mulvany looks at how insurers’ claims data could be used by CVS and Walgreens walk-in clinic care teams to flag high-risk patients and provide tailored care plans.
Analysis: Controlling access to control costs
Health-plan-based primary care offerings may be challenging conventional wisdom related to population health.
Analysis: Kaine, Bennet public option health plan
HFMA’s Chad Mulvany reviews some possible short- and long-term outcomes of the public option health plan proposal by Senators Tim Kaine and Michael Bennet last week.
Analysis: What nonprofit hospitals should do to compete with healthcare industry disruptors
Health systems can effectively respond to nontraditional healthcare competitors in this review of findings from a Fitch Report of nonprofit hospital ratings.
Analysis: Why the U.S. healthcare system will ultimately move to population-based primary care models
Moving to alternative payment models and other preventative measures could help the U.S. address alarming chronic disease projections.
Analysis: Wide pricing disparity in common healthcare services
Patients/consumers tired of wide price variation and secrecy of prices for commodity lab services are open to alternatives provided by market-based or policy-focused disruptors.
HFMA Helps Convert Imagination into Innovation
HFMA highlights innovative ways healthcare finance professionals are using technology to lower costs, improve care, and increase patient satisfaction.
Using Talent Management to Drive Innovation
As finance departments are doing more with less, they begin to see how other organizations are evolving and seeing opportunities flourish as they progress themselves.