Reporter Beth Kutscher talks with Lyman Sornberger, executive director of revenue cycle management, Cleveland Clinic Health Systems, about engaging physicians to improve outcomes and financial performance at the Healthcare Financial Management's 2012 Annual National Institute in Las Vegas.
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Melanie Evans, reporter for Modern Healthcare, wraps up the final day of the Healthcare Financial Management Association's 2012 Annual National Institute, in Las Vegas.
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Reporter Melanie Evans talks with Joseph Fifer about his transition to heading the Healthcare Financial Management Association as the organization's new president and CEO. They spoke on the final day of the HFMA's 2012 Annual National Institute.
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If you think the regulatory scrutiny of healthcare providers is intense now, just wait. It's only going to get hotter, healthcare attorney and accountant Joanne Judge says.
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Hospitals and health systems seeking capital should monitor and maintain their financial disclosure practices to attract investors, according to a vice president with an investor group.
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Reporter Melanie Evans talks about healthcare's shift to a value-based approach with Ralph Lawson, chairman of the Healthcare Financial Management Association and executive vice president and chief financial officer for Baptist Health South Florida, Coral Gables, Fla., at HFMA's 2012 Annual...
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Paul Barr, reporter for Modern Healthcare, discusses the use of predictive modeling to improve healthcare clinical quality with Dawn Knight, senior vice president of quality and patient safety, John Muir Health, Walnut Creek, Calif.
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“Somebody is going to revolutionize (the industry), why can't it be you?” leadership guru Kevin Freiberg asked attendees at HFMA.
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Experts say getting before a federal administrative law judge is the best chance providers have of successfully appealing a payment denial under Medicare's RAC program.
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Healthcare system executives thinking about outsourcing their revenue-cycle management services got a few tips—and a veiled sales pitch—at an HFMA session on uncompensated care.
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If health insurance exchanges survive the legal challenge to the reform law, providers may see challenges as the working poor frequently shift between Medicaid and subsidized plans.
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David Burda, editor of Modern Healthcare, discusses the past, present and future of the effort to improve healthcare quality with Dr. Brent James, chief quality officer with Intermountain Healthcare at the Healthcare Financial Management Association's 2012 Annual National Institute, in Las Vegas.
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Melanie Evans, reporter for Modern Healthcare, describes the highlights of Day 3 of the Healthcare Financial Management Association's Annual National Institute for 2012, which included a slam against the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act from former U.S. Comptroller General David Walker.
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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will be repealed and replaced should it be upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court, according to former U.S. Comptroller General David Walker.
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At WellSpan Health in Pennsylvania, efforts to consolidate its insurance verification have yielded new data on physician-order and insurer-denial patterns, WellSpan's director of access says.
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George Halvorson, chairman and CEO of Kaiser Permanente, sees a future where healthcare is delivered at four sites: in hospitals, in nursing facilities, at home and through the Internet.
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Beth Kutscher, reporter for Modern Healthcare, talks ICD-10 readiness with Danielle Reno, ICD-10 program director for Sutter Health, at the 2012 Healthcare Financial Management Association Annual National Institute in Las Vegas.
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Paul Barr, reporter for Modern Healthcare, discusses the Medicare woes unique to rural providers with Tim Wolters, director of reimbursement for Citizens Memorial Healthcare, Bolivar, Mo., at the Healthcare Financial Management Association's 2012 Annual National Institute.
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Hospital consolidation will continue to remain strong in the not-for-profit space as providers look for ways to access capital for growth and larger systems seek scale.
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Hospitals and doctors can expect efforts to measure quality and efficiency to accelerate as employers seek high-value providers, says an executive with one of the largest U.S. insurers.
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