Hospitals face challenge in finding healthcare’s ‘missing consumer’
The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated demand for more consumer-friendly services and processes. Hospitals should respond by pursuing coordinated, strategic efforts to give consumers better access, experience, pricing and infrastructure.
Healthcare revenue cycle leaders, it’s your move
Healthcare providers can benefit from using a chess-inspired strategy to rebuild the revenue cycle after COID-19, as they continue to prepare or value-based care.
Could value-based payment be used to shore up the Medicare trust fund?
September estimates that the Medicare hospital trust fund will be insolvent by 2024 could mean value-based payment will play a role in buttressing the fund.
CMS’s latest guidance for healthcare organizations on the new coronavirus
The HFMA editorial team will continuously post the latest announcements from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) related to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Engaging in risk management to safeguard strategic priorities
As a hospital or health system, learn what it means to commit to anticipating, planning for and mitigating risks going forward, whether those relate to the COVID-19 pandemic’s continuing evolution or other large-scale events.
Why healthcare organizations should consider implementing a data analytics center of excellence
A data analytics center of excellence combines the benefits of centralized and decentralized analytics structures, allowing healthcare organizations to harness increasingly powerful analytics capabilities.
Home health provider looks to scale hospital-at-home model
HFMA's Chad Mulvany says this capability positions Dispatch Health as an ideal partner to Medicare Advantage plans or PCPs in risk-sharing models with MA plans, to reduce the total cost of care while maintaining high-quality outcomes.
The defining traits of a successful leader-deputy relationship, and how to make it happen
Leaders should understand the vital importance of choosing the right second-in-command.
How leading health system CFOs are staying agile on the road to recovery
Making strategic decisions in the current environment is difficult, but CFOs are leading their organizations by creating a more performance-based culture and adopting an agile financial planning approach.
How to build a resilient not-for-profit healthcare company
To build a resilient organization that can withstand adverse changes to its core business model, leaders should create a foundation for absorbing first shocks of dislocation by breaking the company into three components: an operating company, finance company and investment company.