HFMA’s Voices in Healthcare Finance

Latest Episodes:

How Providence St. Joseph Health Used Variation Analysis to Engage Physicians Apr 10, 2019

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Kevin Fleming and Caleb Stowell from Washington-based Providence St. Joseph Health talk about how their system addressed clinical variation. Also: Rich Daly and Chad Mulvany debut Beyond the News, a deep dive into a current hot topic in healthcare.

Achieving the Elusive ROI on an EHR Mar 27, 2019

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Navigant's David Burik discusses the challenges hospitals face with their electronic health records and how to maximize their systems to achieve an ROI. Also, five key elements to an effective analytics solution.

Episode links:

Death by a Thousand Clicks: Where Electronic Health Records Went Wrong

Return on Analytics: Addressing the Signals in the Noise

CVS, Virtual Platforms, and How Millennials are Disrupting the Industry Mar 13, 2019

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Chad Mulvany, HFMA's director of healthcare finance policy, perspectives and analysis, shares insights on technological developments that are disrupting the industry.

Episode links:

Healthcare Business News

HFMA Dollars & Sense

Hospitals Should Prepare for Industry Disruption by Empowered Consumers

Disruptive Partnerships and Innovation

Shall We Play a Game? Feb 27, 2019

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Computer hackers have been around almost as long as computers themselves, but the risks to healthcare organizations are growing. On today's episode, we explore cybersecurity in hospitals and health systems--what information hackers want, what to do after a breach occurs, and how to avoid one in the first place.

Links:

Safeguarding Electronic Protected Health Information: A Non-Technie Guide for Healthcare Leaders

Low-Cost Strategies to Strengthen Cybersecurity

CFOs Play a Key Role in Cybersecurity Planning

The Future of Revenue Cycle (Part 2) Feb 13, 2019

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Nicholas Mendyka of the University of Virginia Health System Medical Center discusses price transparency, and HFMA director Todd Nelson talks about the revenue cycle of tomorrow. Also: five things patients can do to avoid surprise bills (and why hospitals should tell them).

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Avoiding Surprises in Your Medical Bills

Imagine Tomorrow's Revenue Cycle at HFMA's Revenue Cycle Conference, March 20-22 in Austin, Texas

The Future of Revenue Cycle (Part 1) Jan 30, 2019

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Nicholas Mendyka of the University of Virginia Health System Medical Center talks about the necessary coordination between clinical and financial for future revenue cycle success. Also: five key considerations for organization integration.

Disruptive Partnerships and Innovation Jan 16, 2019

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HFMA director Chad Mulvany discusses innovative disruption in the industry. Also: a Connecticut health system discusses mandatory e-prescribing of controlled substances.

2019: The Year of the Healthcare Consumer Jan 02, 2019

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Rick Gundling, HFMA's vice president of healthcare financial practice, discusses top challenges and opportunities in 2019 for healthcare finance leaders.

Around the World in 40 Weeks: Maternity Care Outside the U.S. Dec 14, 2018

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Olakunle Olaniyan, MD, MBA, FHFMA, president of Case Management Covenants, discusses what the United States can learn from other countries when it comes to maternity care. Also: an interview with Matt Houston of GHX about adoption of automated payment processes and five fast facts about hospital mergers and acquisitions. Sponsored by GHX.

You Should Talk: Opportunities for Patient Financial Conversations Dec 03, 2018

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Kristen Mazurek of Geisinger Health talks about the challenge of conversations with inpatients for whom care is not routine. Also, the latest healthcare finance news and key performance indicators for value-based payment.