Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) news and information

As patients take responsibility for a greater share of their medical costs, bad debt is expected to mount as more bills go unpaid. Modern Healthcare finance reporter Beth Kutscher discusses the issue with Thomas Yoesle, COO for revenue cycle at Orlando (Fla.) Health; Bret Kelsey, chief revenue...
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Healthcare's financial managers will increasingly do business in a world where patients are on the hook for significant shares of their medical bills, prices are publicized and reimbursement is tied to quality.
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Modern Healthcare News Editor Gregg Blesch recaps the four days of the Healthcare Financial Management Association's 2013 National Institute in Orlando, Fla.
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Faced with the prospect of Congress and regulators stepping in to do it for them, the Healthcare Financial Management Association is crafting new standards for the delicate matter of medical debt.
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The message: Volumes under reform will be lower than expected, but additional Medicare cuts are all but assured.
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The Medicare Shared Savings Program isn't yielding rapid rewards for systems piloting ACOs in the project's first wave.
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Healthcare Financial Management Association President and CEO Joe Fifer looks back at the organization's 2013 National Institute in Orlando, Fla.
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Baptist Health CFO Mike Lukaszewski explains the Florida system's move toward a "holistic" investment strategy. Lukaszewski was interviewed at the Healthcare Financial Management Association's annual conference in Orlando, Fla.
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Jim Doyle, CFO at Elmhurst (Ill.) Memorial Healthcare, discusses why the suburban Chicago hospital chose to merge with a larger rival rather stay independent. Doyle was interviewed during the Healthcare Financial Management Association's annual conference in Orlando, Fla.
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In an exclusive interview the day he formally jumped into the race for governor in Massachusetts, Dr. Donald Berwick explains that decision, his view of politics, and the role of healthcare financial executives in improving the quality of healthcare. He was interviewed during the Healthcare...
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