Healthcare News of Note: Report indicates uptick in hospital M&A activity
Healthcare News of Note for healthcare finance professionals is a roundup of articles from the past week, including more M&A activity in Q4, an extension of the COVID-19 PHE underway and FTC examination of claims data to help assess impact of physician group consolidation.
How to use influence to enhance your powers of persuasion in the workplace
To exert influence, leaders should strive to establish credibility, reliability and empathy and know how to connect with different members of their teams.
Chapters New Jersey and Hudson Valley collaborate to host a magician, and Greater Heartland plays ‘Name That Tune’ for virtual social events
The New Jersey and Hudson Valley Chapters combined their efforts to put on a virtual show for their members, while the Greater Heartland Chapter had its members engaged with a ‘Name That Tune’ game.
Cowling named as new trustee to the AHA Board and Snyder announces retirement
This month’s People column features two members: Phyllis Cowling, who is a newly elected trustee on the AHA board and Rick Snyder who shares the news of his retirement.
HFMA’s Digital Annual Conference continues Aug. 12 and Aug. 14 with more virtual education for healthcare finance professionals
HFMA's Digital Annual Conference continues Aug. 12 and Aug. 14 with a focus on optimizing performance with the latest KPIs, using analytics strategies to lower cost and maximize revenue and using behavioral economics to engage patients.
How Spectrum Health built an effective work-from-home policy
Responding to workplace challenges posed by the COVID-19, Spectrum Health in Grand Rapids, Mich., transformed its work-from-home policy approach into one that worked for all aspects of the revenue cycle — back, middle and front end — while establishing metrics to monitor and measure productivity and quality.
How healthcare organizations can use behavioral economics to get desired results from patients and staff
Karen Horgan, CEO of VAL Health, reviewed how healthcare finance professionals can use behavioral economics to get the outcomes they want from both patients and staff during an Aug. 14 session at HFMA's Digital Annual Conference.
HFMA’s Digital Annual Conference continues July 15 and July 17 with more virtual education for healthcare finance professionals
HFMA's Digital Annual Conference continues July 15 and July 17 with sessions to help healthcare finance professionals handle revenue cycle and clinical care challenges amid the pandemic.
4 generations under one roof: How leaders should interact with a multigenerational workforce
Leaders of healthcare organizations can relate to members of different generations in ways that cater to each group, a leading researcher said during HFMA’s Digital Annual Conference.
To improve revenue cycle KPIs, Nebraska Medicine focuses on employee engagement
Nebraska Medicine improved the performance of its revenue cycle operation by emphasizing employee engagement.