What Is Driving Total Cost of Care?
A recent study identifies key factors that may be influencing total cost of care in the United States and provides recommendations for addressing those factors.
Value: The Way Forward
Value-based payment won’t bend the cost curve unless healthcare organizations commit to fundamental change. Not everyone will come out whole.
Latest ACO Trends Identified
April 20—Although private accountable care organizations (ACOs) appear to be gaining ground, the Medicare versions are still leading—amid challenges.
Are ACOs Saving Medicare Money?
April 10—Whether accountable care organizations (ACOs) save money for Medicare has emerged as a key question because it could determine how hard regulators push participating providers to take on downside risk.
Understanding Value
HFMA President and CEO Joseph J. Fifer, FHFMA, CPA, talks about the need to develop a shared understanding of value.
Value-Based Payment Readiness
This article discusses key takeaways from a September 2017 HFMA survey of senior financial executives about value-based payment readiness and how it has changed in recent years.
Assessing Risk in Healthcare Finance Calls for Stewardship
Amid the healthcare industry’s ongoing transformation, healthcare leaders are called upon to be stewards in guiding their organizations through change and managing financial and operational risk.
Has Value Become a Buzzword?
Our shared vision of value is at risk. We won’t attain high-value health care unless we agree on what that means.
Protecting Revenue at Risk
A pocket guide to help hospitals and health systems navigate pay-for-value programs.
Where Is the Federal Government Going on Value-Based Pay?
March 9—Comments from the leader of federal healthcare policy disparaging the leading value-based payment models and hinting at new directions left some industry analysts confused, but others saw evidence of emerging models.