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Video News: More bad debt ahead? (5:31)
By Modern Healthcare | June 27, 2013
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 officer at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Palo Alto, Calif.; and Joseph Fifer, president and CEO of...
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Video News: Live@HFMA 2013 Conference Wrap (1:22)
By Modern Healthcare | June 19, 2013
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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HFMA looks at solutions to patients' medical-debt burdens
By Gregg Blesch | June 19, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
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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'It's going to get worse,' consultant tells providers
By Beth Kutscher | June 19, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
The message: Volumes under reform will be lower than expected, but additional Medicare cuts are all but assured.
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Systems with ACOs say benefits are strategic, not financial
By Beth Kutscher | June 19, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
The Medicare Shared Savings Program isn't yielding rapid rewards for systems piloting ACOs in the project's first wave.
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Video News: Live@HFMA 2013 interview with HFMA CEO Joe Fifer (7:12)
By Modern Healthcare | June 19, 2013
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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Video News: Live@HFMA 2013 interview with Baptist Health's Mike Lukaszewski (5:20)
By Modern Healthcare | June 19, 2013
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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Video News: Live@HFMA 2013 interview with Elmhurst Memorial's Jim Doyle (3:26)
By Modern Healthcare | June 19, 2013
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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Video News: Live@HFMA 2013 interview with Dr. Donald Berwick (6:50)
By Modern Healthcare | June 18, 2013
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 Financial Management Association's annual conference in Orlando, Fla.
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Focus on outcomes, Berwick tells HFMA
By Beth Kutscher | June 18, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Dr. Donald Berwick implored 5,000 healthcare financial professionals to improve outcomes while eliminating waste.
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Hospitals start self-audits of observation stays
By Beth Kutscher | June 18, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Hospitals are self-auditing to make sure they properly navigate the “gray zone” of medical necessity.
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Video News: Live@HFMA 2013 Day 3 Wrap and Preview (2:15)
By Modern Healthcare | June 18, 2013
Modern Healthcare News Editor Gregg Blesch recaps the day's events and previews the final day of the Healthcare Financial Management Association's annual conference, in Orlando, Fla.
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Video News: Live@HFMA 2013 interview with Hunterdon Healthcare Partners' Jeffrey Weinstein (4:35)
By Modern Healthcare | June 18, 2013
Jeffrey Weinstein, executive director and CEO of Hunterdon Healthcare Partners, explains the physician hospital organization's work toward clinical integration and participation in public and private innovations in payment models. He was interviewed during the Healthcare Financial Management Association's annual conference, in Orlando, Fla.
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Insurer calls for payer-provider collaboration to cut costs
By Beth Kutscher | June 18, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Costs are expected to rise after reform fully rolls out, and payers and providers need to transform their relationship.
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Cloud computing aids in reducing supply spend
By Gregg Blesch | June 17, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
A burst of products and services are encouraging supply chain leaders to look to a centralized computer cloud.
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Antitrust, fraud lead legal compliance concerns
By John D. Thomas | June 17, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
The changes driven by the reform law make it crucial that providers stay on top of a growing list of compliance issues.
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Video News: Live@HFMA 2013 interview with Lucile Packard Children's Hospital's Bret Kelsey (2:25)
By Modern Healthcare | June 17, 2013
Bret Kelsey, chief revenue officer at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford, discusses the challenges hospitals face as they work to meet the October 2014 deadline to switch to ICD-10. Kelsey was interviewed during the Healthcare Financial Management Association's annual conference in Orlando, Fla.
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Video News: Live@HFMA 2013 Day 2 Wrap and Preview (1:51)
By Modern Healthcare | June 17, 2013
Modern Healthcare News Editor Gregg Blesch recaps the opening night and day ahead at the Healthcare Financial Management Association's annual conference in Orlando, Fla.
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Video News: Live@HFMA 2013 interview with Winona Health's Mike Allen (4:13)
By Modern Healthcare | June 17, 2013
Winona Health CFO Mike Allen discusses what it's like to be a small, independent provider when so many peers are deciding bigger is better. Allen was interviewed at the Healthcare Financial Management Association's annual conference in Orlando, Fla.
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Collection guidelines may collide with more patients paying more
By Beth Kutscher | June 17, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
New guidelines on patient-provider financial interactions could be severely tested by high-deductible insurance plans.
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