7 tips for effectively managing a remote healthcare finance team
To effectively manage accounting teams who are increasingly working from home in this new environment created by the COVID-19 crisis, healthcare organizations can take lessons from organizations that have experience in managing a remote workforce.
Hospitals need integration and automation for value continuity through the COVID-19 crisis
As hospitals contend with the challenges posed by COVID-19, their future success may depend on the extent to which they are embracing new technologies and systems to bring higher levels of automation to business processes.
Hospitals began to reverse job losses in June as other healthcare segments surged
Hospitals restarted hiring in June after two months of steep job losses, but it’s unclear whether the latest resurgence of COVID-19 cases will cut off the rebound.
Your patients are afraid to come back. An aesthetically pleasing office can help win their trust.
Physicians’ offices are open for business, but it will take more to get patients in the door.
Hospitals scramble to meet price transparency requirements after court decision
Hospitals have a lot of costly work to do to meet CMS requirements to publicly post the rates they negotiate with health plans.
COVID-19 impact on independent primary care physician practices could accelerate the shift to value based payment
Health plans are taking this opportunity to align more closely with independent PCPs, including BCBS of North Carolina, where practices’ acceptance of financial support requires them to join one of health plan’s existing ACOs.
Hospital margins positive in May due to temporary federal boost, report finds
Federal assistance temporarily boosted hospital margins in May into positive territory.
Joe Fifer on the state of healthcare
Rich Daly interviews HFMA President and CEO Joe Fifer about where he sees the industry going in 2020 and beyond. Also, Change Healthcare's Jason Williams discusses the opportunities of artificial intelligence technology, and Brad Dennison, HFMA's director of content strategy, talks about the redesign of hfm magazine. Get more of Joe's interview in the January issue of hfm.
Answering the Consumer Call for Convenience
Emmet Conlon of TD Bank discusses strategies for providing convenient care. Also, Jason Williams of sponsor Change Healthcare talks about the challenges of AI in the revenue cycle, Rich and Chad discuss the coronavirus threat, and we provide five fast facts about ICD-11.
Spectrum Health CFO Matt Cox to healthcare leaders: ‘disrupt yourself’
Matt Cox, CFO at Spectrum Health in Grand Rapids, Michigan, talks with HFMA President and CEO Joe Fifer about pushing the envelope on consumerism and fostering relationships with businesses in the community.