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 Financial Management Association's annual conference in Orlando, Fla.
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Dr. Donald Berwick implored 5,000 healthcare financial professionals to improve outcomes while eliminating waste.
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Hospitals are self-auditing to make sure they properly navigate the “gray zone” of medical necessity.
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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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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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Costs are expected to rise after reform fully rolls out, and payers and providers need to transform their relationship.
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A burst of products and services are encouraging supply chain leaders to look to a centralized computer cloud.
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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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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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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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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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New guidelines on patient-provider financial interactions could be severely tested by high-deductible insurance plans.
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The Healthcare Financial Management Association on Sunday released new guidelines aimed at improving provider communications with patients about paying for care.
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Economic forces and changes in insurance arrangements are expected to increase volatility in the healthcare business.
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Thomas Yoesle, Orlando Health's COO for revenue cycle, discusses metric-driven process improvements at the Healthcare Financial Management Association's annual conference, in Orlando, Fla.
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From industry media to your hometown newspaper, news about the push for transparency in healthcare pricing is hard to miss these days.
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Modern Healthcare news editor Gregg Blesch previews coverage of the Healthcare Financial Management Association's annual conference, in Orlando, Fla.
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Financial executives will gather next month in Orlando, Fla., at the Healthcare Financial Management Association's Annual National Institute to discuss the continuing reverberations from healthcare reform.
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