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Leadership
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Financial Leadership
What are the most critical strategies to steer healthcare organizations in the direction of financial stability in the following year and beyond? A couple tips include reducing bad debt and accessing external benchmarks for supply pricing.
Research & Reports
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Leadership
HFMA's 2022 Thought Leadership Retreat brought together stakeholders from across healthcare to advance the dialogue in efforts to achieve health equity.
By Nick Hut
News
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Leadership
HFMA Community Manager Melanie Binder reviews how HFMA’s online Community has increased from four initial forums to a thriving network of 15 industry-specific forums.
By Melanie Binder
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Leadership
HFMA President and CEO Joe Fifer reflects on improving health equity in the context of HFMA’s recent Thought Leadership Retreat.
By Joseph J. Fifer, FHFMA, CPA
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Leadership
HFMA Chair Aaron Crane believes the game of poker provides valuable lessons for healthcare finance professionals navigating the current industry environment.
By Aaron R. Crane, FHFMA, MHA
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Leadership
HFMA members Hilda Dalfonso, Jennifer Doll, Kim Hodgkinson and Russ Ranallo were recently named to new healthcare system CFO positions.
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Leadership
Arizona HFMA Chapter partners with the Diaper Bank of Central Arizona to raise awareness of a critical need and provide needed supplies to low-income families.
By Crystal Milazzo
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Leadership
Wendy Fielding, MBA, a 30-year member of HFMA, and CFO and system vice president of finance at Dartmouth-Hitchcock in Lebanon, New Hampshire, values the lessons she learned from her early experience as a financial analyst in healthcare. And...
By Steven Berger, FHFMA
Column
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Leadership
Quiet quitting is a current workplace hot topic. Jill Geisler discusses the trend and the role that leaders can play in either preventing — or perpetuating — it.
By Jill Geisler
Podcast
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Leadership
As the role of the CFO evolves, the interactions between C-suite leaders have likewise changed. Peyman Zand, a vice-president at CereCore, discusses how alignment in the C-suite is helping drive innovation.
Blog
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Financial Leadership
Healthcare News of Note for healthcare finance professionals is a roundup of recent news articles: Most healthcare workers report higher levels of emotional exhaustion since 2019, new-patient wait times for certain specialties average 26 da...
By Deborah Filipek
News
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Leadership
Candi Powers, a member of HFMA’s West Virginia Chapter, credits HFMA with changing the trajectory of her life after she became a member in 2005.
By Deborah Filipek
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Leadership
HFMA Chair Aaron Crane discusses current workforce challenges and encourages healthcare industry leaders and business partners to look at them as opportunities.
By Aaron R. Crane, FHFMA, MHA
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Leadership
The Northwell Health Nurse Choir performed at the Metro NY HFMA Chapter’s 2022 Annual Institute, honoring front-line nursing professionals and raising funds for Nurse Heroes.
By Crystal Milazzo
Column
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Leadership
Jeff Limbocker succeeds William Woeltjen as CFO of Sarasota Memorial Health Care System, and Liz Sweeney joins the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board.
Column
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Leadership
Leadership style labels have been around for decades. Jill Geisler shares why prioritizing substance over style is more helpful and explains what that looks like for today’s leaders.
By Jill Geisler
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Leadership
National Chair Aaron Crane reflects on keynote presentations by Zeev Neuwirth, Kelli Harding, D.J. Vanas and Joel Selanikio at HFMA’s 2022 Annual Conference.
By Aaron R. Crane, FHFMA, MHA
Column
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Leadership
Terri Chinn, CPA, a 37-year member of HFMA, and vice president, finance, at St. Mary’s Medical Center in Grand Junction, Colorado, suggests success for her organization comes from its ability promote health in its service area. She has appl...
By Steven Berger, FHFMA
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Leadership
Debi Kuchka-Craig and Jude Crowell were presented with the 2022 Frederick C. Morgan Award for Individual Achievement at HFMA’s Annual Conference in Denver.
Column
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Leadership
HFMA’s 2022 Leadership Training Conference took place April 24-26 in Phoenix. Winners of the 2021-22 Chapter/Region Success Awards were announced.
By Crystal Milazzo
Blog
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Leadership Skills Development
Healthcare News of Note for healthcare finance professionals is a roundup of recent news articles: Nation’s transplant system under scrutiny, peer comparisons hurt physician well-being, and Dollar General names Healthcare Advisory Panel mem...
By Deborah Filipek
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Leadership
Being promoted from within can be challenging. Jill Geisler shares how to avoid common pitfalls and successfully transition from team member to team leader.
By Jill Geisler
Blog
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Staff Development
Healthcare News of Note for healthcare finance professionals is a roundup of recent news articles: New nurses fill the largest number of shifts, some heart failure patients find the cost of medications unaffordable, and inaccuracies in CMS ...
By Deborah Filipek
Article
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Leadership Skills Development
Candi Powers, the chief revenue cycle officer at Mon Health System, describes how HFMA membership changed the trajectory of her life.
News
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Financial Leadership
New HFMA Chair Aaron Crane spoke about why healthcare stakeholders must ignite the spark to make way for a better system, while a keynote speaker discussed how to channel a warrior spirit.
By Nick Hut
Podcast
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Leadership
Denese Neu discusses how the systems thinking approach can help healthcare organizations organize their health equity and DEI strategies.
Podcast
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Leadership
Tammie Jackson, HFMA's 2021-2022 National Chair, discusses how delaying her tenure due to the pandemic changed the message she wanted to share, how that message was received, and her final thoughts as she winds down her term.
Podcast
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Leadership
Gretchen Berlin, a senior partner in the healthcare practice at McKinsey & Company, discusses the firm's 2021 Women in the Workplace report and related research in the healthcare field.
Blog
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Leadership
Saint Francis set up a fund to help employees and families who were affected by the June 1 shooting that took the lives of four people in an orthopedics clinic on the organization’s flagship campus.
By Nick Hut
Article
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Leadership
Wildfires in the nation’s healthcare system, from misaligned incentives to disparities in health outcomes and care access, have led to devastating consequences, says HFMA Chair Aaron Crane.
By Jeni Williams
Column
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Leadership
HFMA President and CEO Joe Fifer offers perspectives on solving the nurse staffing crisis.
By Joseph J. Fifer, FHFMA, CPA
Column
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Leadership
HFMA National Chair Aaron Crane compares our healthcare system to an unmanaged forest and encourages healthcare finance professionals to act to bring about needed change and innovation.
By Aaron R. Crane, FHFMA, CPA, MHA
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Leadership
Hannah Weishalla talks about the Minnesota Chapter’s recent conference held at a business partner’s facility and shares tips for other chapters considering a similar collaboration.
By Crystal Milazzo
Column
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Leadership
Leslie Flake, James Siegel and Brett Tande have new CFO positions. Denise Tobin joins Cascade365, and Dan Moncher retires after 24 years at Firelands Health.
Article
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Leadership
To respond effectively to ongoing disruptions in the nursing workforce, which have been exacerbated by COVID-19, health system finance and nursing leaders need to come together to find a new financial, clinical and operational approach to i...
By Michele Hausman, MBA, RN, Karen Grimley, PhD, MBA, RN, Tammy Wallace, CPA, and Michael D. Busch, FACHE
Blog
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Leadership
Advocates say hospitals and clinicians have a role to play in violence intervention strategies, but federal funding is needed to ensure such measures have maximum impact.
By Nick Hut
Column
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Leadership
Leaders must be prepared to respond to critical situations. Looking to the example currently being set by Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Jill Geisler discusses what leaders need to know and do.
By Jill Geisler
Executive Roundtable
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Staff Development
In this Roundtable, several senior financial leaders discuss how their organizations are handling new and persistent problems and what role technology plays in solving staffing issues.
Column
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Leadership
Adventist Health promotes Todd Hofheins to COO and John Beaman to CFO. Terri Hays, Leon Choiniere and Dan Bugarin also have new jobs, and Dan Moncher has retired.
Column
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Leadership
HFMA President and CEO Joe Fifer offers perspectives on consumers’ perceptions of value in healthcare.
By Joseph J. Fifer, FHFMA, CPA
Column
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Leadership
West Health-Gallup recently found only 5% of consumers believe that Americans are receiving high-value healthcare. Joe Fifer says addressing this challenge will require a new mindset and an expanded mission, but he believes healthcare leade...
By Joseph J. Fifer, FHFMA, CPA
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Leadership
DEI efforts within organizations can result in extra work for key staff. Jill Geisler shares tips for how leaders can ensure this does not become invisible work that imposes an unrecognized burden.
By Jill Geisler
Column
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Leadership
Tammie Jackson believes the healthcare industry’s current workforce challenges are opportunities to redefine workplaces to better attract and retain employees.
By Tammie L. Jackson, FHFMA, MHA, CHFP
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Staff Development
HFMA’s Hudson Valley Chapter has been providing members with Excel training for more than 20 years. The program was so popular, it’s now offered regionwide.
By Crystal Milazzo
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Leadership
Angie Swearingen was promoted to COO at St. Mary’s Medical Center. Richard Chesnos is retiring as CFO of St. Clair Health, and Eric Luttringer will succeed him.
Column
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Leadership
Jill Geisler explains empathetic leadership and its importance for healthcare leaders. She shares ways to cultivate empathy and highlights its potential downside.
By Jill Geisler
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Leadership
HFMA members Paul DeMuro and Angie Swearingen have accepted new positions. HFMA remembers Gary Lampi and Milan “Doc” Barto, two former National Board members.
Column
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Leadership
People defer care for many reasons. HFMA Chair Tammie Jackson shares how to make patients feel welcome and promote health equity, focusing on transgender adults.
By Tammie L. Jackson, FHFMA, CHFP, MHA
Podcast
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Leadership
How fried chicken is doing social good in Ohio, and what that could mean for the healthcare industry
HFMA President and CEO Joe Fifer interviews Joe DeLoss, a social entrepreneur and the owner of fast casual restaurant Hot Chicken Takeover, about how the healthcare industry can create social good from the inside out.
DeLoss will deliver...
Blog
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Leadership
On a recent episode of the Voices in Healthcare Finance podcast, HFMA President and CEO Joe Fifer interviewed Joe DeLoss, a social entrepreneur and owner of Hot Chicken Takeover, a fast casual restaurant with six locations in Ohio. DeLoss w...
By Erika Grotto, CHFP
Blog
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Leadership
Hospitals will be among the potential recipients of federal grants for establishing programs that support the mental health and well-being of healthcare professionals.
By Nick Hut
Podcast
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Leadership
Karin Hurt and David Dye of Let's Grow Leaders discuss how to navigate workplace romances, whether you're a member of a couple or the manager of team members who start dating.
Also in this episode, sponsor Red Dot's CEO Michael Bumann d...
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Leadership
By Joseph J. Fifer, FHFMA, CPA
Column
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Leadership
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Leadership
Leaders are one of the greatest influences on work-life harmony. Jill Geisler shares how healthcare finance leaders can give their teams the gift of time well spent and create a culture where work-life harmony flourishes.
By Jill Geisler
Column
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Leadership
HFMA President and CEO Joe Fifer shares a perspective on ways to acknowledge healthcare’s frontline workers as the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic begins.
By Joseph J. Fifer, FHFMA, CPA
Podcast
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Leadership
Leadership consultant Anton Gunn discusses why succession planning is important not only for C-suite executives but everyone in an organization. He also shares insights about how to train and develop up-and-coming leaders either to take ove...
Column
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Leadership
HFMA President and CEO Joe Fifer reflects on another challenging year for healthcare.
By Joseph J. Fifer, FHFMA, CPA
Podcast
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Leadership
Michael Bumann is the founder and CEO of Red Dot, a company that specializes in resolving motor vehicle accident accounts for healthcare organizations, and his history as a firefighter and EMT informs every aspect of his business. In today'...
Column
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Leadership
Many experience higher rates of loneliness and social isolation during the holiday season. Those working in healthcare are in a unique position to identify those at risk and promote health equity.
By Tammie L. Jackson, FHFMA, MHA, CHFP
Column
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Financial Leadership
Blood donations should be a top-of-mind concern for hospital and health system finance leaders given that a steady supply of blood donations is among the most critical lifesaving needs for their organizations.
By Martin H. Bluth, MD, PhD
Column
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Leadership
HFMA President and CEO Joe Fifer reflects on another challenging year for healthcare.
By Joseph J. Fifer, FHFMA, CPA
News
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Leadership
HFMA’s new international Membership program reflects the Association’s mission to expand its support of healthcare finance professionals in the international community and to be a participant in the global agenda to improve health for all.
By Deborah Filipek
News
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Leadership
HFMA reached a significant milestone, surpassing 75,000 members in October, after 19 straight quarters of membership growth.
By Brad Dennison
Podcast
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Leadership
Dr. Glenn Hardesty of Texas Health Resources and Stu Schaff of Intentionate Healthcare Advisors discuss how administrative burden deteriorates physician job satisfaction and well being, and how leaders can help.
News
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Financial Leadership
HFMA’s 2021 Annual Conference underscored a healthcare industry at a crossroads amid the lingering COVID-19 pandemic and daunting financial trends.
By Nick Hut
Column
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Leadership
Avoiding difficult conversations can lead to unhealthy organizations. Jill Geisler talks about common ways conversations can derail and how leaders can get them back on track.
By Jill Geisler
News
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Financial Leadership
The pivot point marked by the COVID-19 pandemic is a chance for healthcare leaders to guide the industry in a direction that better serves all demographics, said HFMA National Chair Tammie Jackson.
By Nick Hut
News
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Financial Leadership
The challenges facing the industry are momentous, but healthcare finance professionals should be optimistic about their ability to help find solutions, HFMA President and CEO Joe Fifer said during the kickoff session of the 2021 Annual Conf...
By Nick Hut
News
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Leadership
HFMA’s Oregon Chapter produces a regular podcast to keep healthcare finance professionals connected to the Chapter and informed of current healthcare industry issues.
By Crystal Milazzo
News
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Leadership
HRG has appointed HFMA members Mark Bell and Jason Coffin as CFO and COO, respectively. Five other HFMA members have been named as new CFOs for healthcare facilities around the country.
News
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Financial Leadership
Healthcare News of Note for healthcare finance professionals is a roundup of recent news articles: Negative impacts of work spur nurses’ plans to leave their jobs, annual healthcare spending is higher than ever for insured individuals, and ...
By Deborah Filipek
Podcast
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Leadership
HFMA's Brad Dennison and Paul Barr discuss Healthcare 2030, a four-part series exploring the challenges and opportunities for CFOs and other healthcare leaders created by the evolving industry, looking ahead to 2030.
Danielle Solomon, n...
Column
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Leadership
Times are turbulent, and people often feel empowered to express their opinions, even in negative ways. Jill Geisler shares things leaders can do to promote civility in the workplace and keep teams working well together.
By Jill Geisler
News
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Staff Development
Learn more about HFMA’s Premium Facilitated Learning — a new line of courses — that combine self-directed study with expert facilitation in this Q&A with HFMA’s Sue Spear, director of Digital Learning and Todd Nelson, director of Partner R...
By Stephani Johnston
Article
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Leadership
A survey conducted by HFMA for the Healthcare 2030 special series shows CFOs as expecting big changes to the hospital and health system operating model.
By Paul Barr
News
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Leadership
Danielle Gori, president of HFMA’s South Carolina Chapter, talks about how the diversity and inclusion initiative came about and the chapter’s plans for it.
By Crystal Milazzo
News
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Leadership
By Crystal Milazzo
Column
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Leadership
HFMA Chair Tammie Jackson urges healthcare finance leaders to think broadly when considering factors that lead to health disparities and finding new ways to promote health equity.
By Tammie L. Jackson, FHFMA, MHA, CHFP
Podcast
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Staff Development
Joyce Fitzpatrick, a nurse and director of the Marian K. Shaughnessy Nurse Leadership Academy at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University and Robyn Begley, CEO of the American Organization for Nursing Le...
Column
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Leadership
The predicted “Great Resignation” is upon us, but there are things leaders can do to both stem the losses and seize the opportunity to become an employer of choice.
By Jill Geisler
Podcast
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Leadership Skills Development
Racial disparities in the healthcare industry have long been an issue, with serious effects on outcomes. In this episode, Dr. Rumay Alexander discusses how the industry can begin to rebuild trust and shares some practical advice about how t...
News
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Staff Development
HFMA’s Annual Conference 2021, which begins Nov. 8, will provide education and networking opportunities for both in-person and virtual attendees.
By Deborah Filipek
Column
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Financial Leadership
HFMA National Chair Tammie Jackson says healthcare finance professionals must take bold steps to address health disparities and social determinants of health.
By Tammie L. Jackson, FHFMA, MHA, CHFP
News
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Leadership
HFMA’s 2021 Leadership Training Conference took place July 25-27 in Orlando. For the first time, chapter leaders could attend either in person or virtually.
By Crystal Milazzo
News
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Financial Leadership
HFMA members Amanda Verner Thompson and Vasanta Pundarika named to ABF Journal’s 2021 Top Women in Asset-Based Lending. Seven HFMA members have new positions.
Article
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Leadership
In recognition of HFMA’s 75th Anniversary, well-known leaders as well as others who’ve worked behind the scenes reflect on their experiences with the Association.
By Crystal Milazzo
News
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Leadership
HFMA announces the winners and runners-up of the Association's Helen Yerger/L. Vann Seawell Best Article Award for outstanding editorial achievement in hfm magazine in fiscal year 2020-2021.
By Deborah Filipek
Column
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Leadership
Romance in medicine refers to the passion reflected in the wonder and optimism with which healthcare’s great visionaries in healthcare explored the mysteries beyond human understanding in their times. It is an important quality that should ...
By Martin H. Bluth, MD, PhD
News
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Financial Leadership
Participation in HFMA volunteer leadership roles offers the opportunity to enhance the benefits, products and services provided to HFMA members and healthcare financial professionals across the country.
Column
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Leadership
Lessons learned during the pandemic can ease the transition back to the office and set up leaders for future success.
By Jill Geisler
Column
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Financial Leadership
Tammie L. Jackson, a VP with TransUnion Healthcare, is HFMA's 2021-22 National Chair. She envisions a brighter future for the healthcare finance industry.
By Tammie L. Jackson, FHFMA, MHA, CHFP
Article
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Leadership
Ben Carter, FHFMA, CPA, COO of Trinity Health, offers advice for healthcare finance and operations leaders based on his experience as a pilot and flight instructor, which helped him make the transition from CFO to COO even in the midst of ...
By Laura Hegwer
News
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Financial Leadership
Iowa HFMA program chairs share how they planned and hosted the Chapter’s first hybrid post-pandemic event, providing attendees the option to attend either in person or virtually.
By Crystal Milazzo
Article
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Leadership
As the healthcare industry and the world at large increasingly focus on issues of social justice, Tammie Jackson on June 1 becomes the first Black person to serve as Chair in HFMA’s 75-year history.
By Nick Hut
How To
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Leadership
To work together effectively, finance and clinical leaders must not only understand but also value and acknowledge the benefits to be gained from their different perspectives on what constitutes success.
By George Mayzell, MD, Steven Berger, FHFMA, and Doug McKinley, PsyD
Column
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Leadership
By linking rules and regulations to principles and purpose, organizations can gain the trust of their employees and the public and establish a reputation for integrity.
By Jill Geisler
News
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Financial Leadership
HFMA’s first Cost Effectiveness of Health Summit drove home the urgency of improving how healthcare dollars are spent.
By Nick Hut
News
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Financial Leadership
HFMA’s First Illinois Chapter teams up with other Region 7 chapters to convert its annual CHFP practicum into a virtual region-wide event.
By Crystal Milazzo