HFMA’s Voices in Healthcare Finance

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Healthcare 2030: The Chartis Group and Bank of America discuss embracing disruptors and rethinking care delivery Jan 10, 2022

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Melissa McCain, director and leader of the consumer access digital transformation practice of The Chartis Group, and Charles Alston, market executive leader of Bank of America’s healthcare team in the southeastern U.S., discuss HFMA’s Healthcare 2030 series and share insights about what hospitals and health systems should be considering as they plan for the next decade.

What would you do if your best employee quit tomorrow? Anton Gunn shares the secrets to effective succession planning. Jan 03, 2022

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Leadership consultant Anton Gunn discusses why succession planning is important not only for C-suite executives but everyone in an organization. He also shares insights about how to train and develop up-and-coming leaders either to take over or to leave the organization for a better opportunity.

This episode is sponsored by Red Dot. On today's episode, CEO Michael Bumann discusses what a partnership with Red Dot can do for a hospital's revenue.

The HFMA editorial team discusses the biggest healthcare stories of the year and looks ahead to 2022 Dec 20, 2021

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HFMA's award-winning editorial team looks back on key stories from 2021 in the news, hfm magazine, HFMA's Community, the podcast and more.

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HFMA News

HFMA Community

The economics of a telehealth visit: A time-based study at Penn Medicine

The great resignation: Reality or myth?

“You are never off the record on social media.” hfm Leadership columnist Jill Geisler discusses the do’s and don’ts.

Policy analyst and hfm columnist Paul Keckley discusses the cost effectiveness of health

Election Special: As the votes are tallied, we look at what the possible outcomes mean for healthcare

Healthcare 2030

Policy analyst and hfm columnist Paul Keckley discusses the cost effectiveness of health Dec 13, 2021

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HFMA President and CEO Joe Fifer interviews Paul Keckley, managing editor of The Keckley Report and author of an upcoming column in hfm magazine about the economy and healthcare spending, public health and the pandemic, and the cost effectiveness of health.

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The Future of Strategic Investment

Adopting the first responder mindset in leadership Dec 06, 2021

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Michael Bumann is the founder and CEO of Red Dot, a company that specializes in resolving motor vehicle accident accounts for healthcare organizations, and his history as a firefighter and EMT informs every aspect of his business. In today's episode, Bumann discusses what lessons leaders can take from first responders to take action in times of great challenge.

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Surprise Billing Part I Summary

Surprise Billing Part II Summary

An epidemiologist discusses how we failed the public when it comes to public health Nov 29, 2021

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Dr. Brian Castrucci, an epidemiologist and CEO of the de Beaumont Foundation, talks with HFMA President and CEO Joe Fifer about policies to improve public health, cost effectiveness of health, the future of COVID-19 and the healthcare industry's role in it all.

Rep. Suzan DelBene discusses the Improving Seniors‘ Timely Access to Care Act Nov 22, 2021

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HFMA senior editor Nick Hut is joined by Rep. Suzan DelBene to talk about the Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act as well as following up on the Value in Health Care Act.

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CY 2022 OPPS/ASC Final Rule Summary

H.R.3173 - Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2021

H.R.7791 - Value in Health Care Act of 2020

The pandemic cast a new light on mental health, and telemedicine provided a new avenue to access. How is the industry likely to view mental health and behavioral health in the future? Nov 08, 2021

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Dr. Ranga Krishnan of Rush University System for Health discusses the future of mental health payment and practice. He addresses how provider organizations can address workforce shortages by becoming partners in training and by changing the way they provide care to patients. He also talks about improving mental and behavioral healthcare in a value-based payment environment.

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Taking care of your mental health when you hit the pandemic wall

The future of the clinical workforce: Joyce Fitzpatrick, Case Western Reserve University, and Robyn Begley, CEO of the AONL and chief nursing officer of the AHA, discuss challenges in nursing

Student Enrollment Surged in U.S. Schools of Nursing in 2020 Despite Challenges Presented by the Pandemic

All the things they don‘t teach you in med school (and why they should) Oct 25, 2021

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Dr. Glenn Hardesty of Texas Health Resources and Stu Schaff of Intentionate Healthcare Advisors discuss how administrative burden deteriorates physician job satisfaction and well being, and how leaders can help.

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7 steps for supporting organizational well-being and mitigating clinician burnout

Why benchmarks should not be the sole guide for setting physician compensation

HFMA’s new Premium Facilitated Learning courses combine self-directed study with facilitator feedback and time for peer problem solving

HFMA‘s Healthcare 2030 series: What will the next decade mean for healthcare organizations and the patients they serve? Oct 18, 2021

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HFMA's Brad Dennison and Paul Barr discuss Healthcare 2030, a four-part series exploring the challenges and opportunities for CFOs and other healthcare leaders created by the evolving industry, looking ahead to 2030.

Danielle Solomon, national healthcare industry partner at BKD, and Mike Morris, president and CEO of XTend Healthcare, talk about the research that went into the series and their take on the findings.

Read the series here.