Live@ News is Modern Healthcare's daily email alert on the news and events taking place at the healthcare conferences important to you. The most recent Live@ coverage is below.
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... FULL STORY »
Modern Healthcare News Editor Gregg Blesch recaps the four days of the Healthcare Financial Management Association's 2013 National Institute in Orlando, Fla. FULL STORY »
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. FULL STORY »
Healthcare Financial Management Association President and CEO Joe Fifer looks back at the organization's 2013 National Institute in Orlando, Fla. FULL STORY »
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. FULL STORY »
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. FULL STORY »
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. FULL STORY »
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. FULL STORY »
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. FULL STORY »
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. FULL STORY »
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. FULL STORY »
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. FULL STORY »
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