HFMA Policy Director Andrew Donahue discusses what trends and policy decisions will affect the industry in an election year.

Amy Levine discusses how a volunteer doula program can alleviate pressure on clinical staff and build a hospital's reputation as a caring place.

HFMA Senior Editor Nick Hut and HFMA Policy Director Shawn Stack discuss the most pressing end-of-year issues for 2023.

In an episode of HFMA's "Healthcare Blame Game" podcast, Brad Dennison talks with Susan Dentzer, president and CEO of America’s Physician Groups, about why healthcare consolidation is more nuanced than critics understand. Mentioned in this episode: PRESS RELEASE: Lown Institute awarded $1.5M to study U.S. hospital tax exemptions, financial practices Susan Dentzer: Is consolidation in healthcare the work of modern-day robber barons — or the result of overdue reengineering?

The HFMA editors share their favorite content from this year and provide a glimpse of what's to come in 2024. Mentioned in this episode: Healthcare Blame Game How avoiding an awkward waiting room conversation can contribute to better health for transgender people It starts with mental health: How caring for transgender youth makes for healthier adults Healthcare 2030 HFM

Beth Sandor of Community Solutions discusses a pilot program in which health systems partnered with organizations in their communities fighting homelessness.

HFMA Senior Editor Nick Hut and HFMA Policy Director Shawn Stack discuss the latest in healthcare finance news.

Arun Shastri of ZS discusses uses for AI in healthcare as well as the limitations of technology when a human isn't involved.

Rami Karjian and Pippa Shulman from Medically Home discuss why higher payment and lower length of stay isn't always the best benchmark. Mentioned in this episode: HFMA Comments on Request for Information Regarding Medical Payment Products

Rodrigo Heng-Lehtinen, executive director for the National Center for Transgender Equality, returns to the podcast to discuss the misconceptions around transition-related care for young people. Additional reading: Ensuring Comprehensive Care and Support for Transgender and Gender-Diverse Children and Adolescents Access to gender-affirming hormones during adolescence and mental health outcomes among transgender adults Psychosocial Functioning in Transgender Youth after 2 Years of...

HFMA's Rick Gundling and Stephanie Mercado from the National Association for Healthcare Quality discuss how all entities within a healthcare organization can work for better quality.

HFMA Senior Editor Nick Hut and HFMA Policy Director Andrew Donohue discuss legislative action that could affect transparency efforts in healthcare.

Rami Karjian and Raphael Rakowski of Medically Home discuss emphasizing patients over all else in healthcare, and Julie Lambert and Lori Zindl from Inovalon talk about an RCM survey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Ronald Hirsch of R1RCM discusses considerations around a new Alzheimer's drug with Senior Editor Nick Hut. Mentioned in this episode: CY 2024 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) Policy Changes: Hospital Price Transparency Proposals (CMS-1786-P) | CMS NCA - Beta Amyloid Positron Emission Tomography in Dementia and Neurodegenerative Disease (CAG-00431R) - Proposed Decision Memo (cms.gov)

Revisiting your investment strategy with Lisa Schneider of Russell Investments and PayMedix CEO Tom Policelli discusses why payment is so confusing for patients. Discussed in this episode: Medicare Program; Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System: Remedy for the 340B-Acquired Drug Payment Policy for Calendar Years 2018-2022

This week, we're sharing an episode of our brand new podcast, Healthcare Blame Game. In this episode, media veteran Jean Hodges joins HFMA director of content Brad Dennison to discuss a Washington Post error and the inner workings of the modern newsroom.   Mentioned in this episode: Americans are knee-deep in medical debt. Most owe hospitals. Healthcare Blame Game: How news outlets mishandled a medical debt study Most adults with post-due medical debt owe money to hospitals

Dr. Brittany Cunningham from Vanderbilt University Medical Center discusses her upcoming presentation at HFMA's Annual Conference in Nashville. Also in this episode, strategies for cash flow discrepancies with sponsor organization Inovalon.   Mentioned in this episode: CMS: Making Care Primary (MCP) Model

Rita Bowen of MRO discusses why some organizations are choosing not to ready themselves for interoperability until enforcement begins and how reproductive care can throw a wrench into the process.

June will mark the retirement of HFMA President and CEO Joe Fifer. In this episode, he looks back on his decades as an HFMA member, officer and executive.

HFMA's Katie Gilfillan discusses plans for HFMA's Annual Conference in Nashville. Learn more and register here.   Also in this episode, Karie Ryan and Amy Pyke of Philips tackle some of healthcare's greatest challenges with the strategic use of technology.

Stu Schaff of Intentionate Healthcare Advisors talks about job expectations of and for physicians, and Vicki Abelson of The Defined Leader and HFMA's Todd Nelson discuss what leaders can do to improve communication.   Also in this episode, Michael Bumann of Red Dot talks about how working with his company can improve a healthcare organization's bottom line.

In the second episode of HFMA's special series on the healthcare workforce, we focus on ways clinical workers need support from their leaders. HFMA's Todd Nelson, Janae Sharp of the Sharp Index, and FinThrive's Jonathan Wiik talk about shortages of clinical workers and offering help to those who remain. Also in this episode, Michael Bumann of Red Dot discusses how hospitals who partner with his organization see an increase in patient satisfaction.

In this first episode of a three-part series on the healthcare workforce, Jonathan Wiik of FinThrive and Todd Nelson of HFMA discusses burnout among non-clinical workers and how remote work is changing hiring.   Also in this episode, Michael Bumann, CEO of Red Dot, discusses how outsourcing motor vehicle accident claims can alleviate stress for revenue cycle staff.   Discussed in this episode: Revenue cycle staff shortages push leaders to act quickly

HFMA Senior Editor Nick Hut and HFMA Policy Director Shawn Stack discuss the end of the public health emergency and what it means for Medicaid as well as a recent blog post from Stack on price transparency. Discussed in this episode: Unwinding the Medicaid Continuous Enrollment Provision: Projected Enrollment Effects and Policy Approaches PatientRightsAdvocate.org misinterprets CMS rules in low estimate of hospital price transparency compliance Hospital price transparency update: Regulatory...

HFMA Senior Editor Paul Barr discusses Volume 2 of the Healthcare 2030 series. Katie Sklarsky from Chartis talks about financial sustainability, and Danielle Solomon from FORVIS talks about the importance of good leadership in times of change.