Hfma's Voices In Healthcare Finance

HFMA Senior Editor Nick Hut and HFMA Policy Director Shawn Stack discuss the latest in healthcare finance news including pre-election thoughts, a new Medicare appeals process and application of the two-midnight rule.

Dr. Kamal Golla is back on the podcast this week discussing the financial considerations for patients and their care team after a cancer diagnosis.

Laura Osborne and John Reeves discuss the unique challenges of tribal health and what other healthcare organizations can learn from their experiences. In the Beyond the News segment, Nick Hut and Shawn Stack provide an update on price transparency regulations.

Nick Hut and Shawn Stack discuss the continuing bankruptcy proceedings of Steward Health Care and refusal of system CEO Ralph de la Torre to testify before the Senate.

Erika is joined by Quintin Maidment, a vice president at CTRx Pathways, to discuss why diversity is critical in clinical drug trials and what barriers stand in the way. In the Beyond the News segment, Nick and Shawn discuss the controversy around efforts by Johnson & Johnson to create a rebate program around 340B drug pricing.

HFMA Senior Editor Paul Barr talks with health system CEO Alan Kaplan about how an improv class helped him advance his career.

In the most recent episode of HFMA's Healthcare Blame Game podcast, editor, professor, author, columnist and commentator Otis Sanford talks with Brad about decades of change in the journalism industry, and how reporter biases and opinions are seeping into healthcare news writing. Also in this episode, people who celebrate meeting their deductible, and a special musical treat. Mentioned in this episode: Society of Professional Journalists Code of Ethics

In the final series of interviews from HFMA's Annual Conference, Erin Weber of CAQH discusses how providers can participate in the work of setting best practice guidelines, and Lori Zindl of OS Inc. and Rachel Dallman of Phelps Memorial Health Center talk about opportunities to learn from analytics.

Deepak Manmohan Goyal, MD, MBBS, MBA, joins Brad and Erika at HFMA Annual on June 27, 2024, to discuss his work as executive director for revenue cycle and supply chain at Monument Health in Rapid City, S.D. and the financial assistance program that has increased the system’s charity care by $7.8 million in its first year. Also in this episode, the best tactic for recovering from a routine screening, according to Erika's eight-year-old daughter.

Chad Bloomberg of U.S. Bank Healthcare Payment Solutions shares insights on how payment preferences differ depending on demographics, and Oracle's Julie Jensen talks about collaboration as the key to cybersecurity in interviews recorded at HFMA's Annual Conference in Las Vegas. Mentioned in this episode: U.S. Bank Healthcare Payments Insights Report

Laxmi Patel from Savista discusses the potential for AI, and Kevin Hidenfelter from Millenia shares insights about generational payment preferences in interviews conducted live at HFMA's Annual Conference in Las Vegas. HFMA's Nick Hut and Shawn Stack discuss the Supreme Court ruling overturning the Chevron doctrine and the implications for healthcare.

The February cyberattack on Change Healthcare has healthcare organizations looking not only at their own cybersecurity practices of but those of their business partners. On today's episode, Greg Surla and Jeff Becker from FinThrive discuss how healthcare organizations can prepare for the inevitable next attack and how to ensure business continuity in the aftermath.

The Body Mass Index (BMI) is a long-standing measure used in healthcare. But this height/weight ratio was originally meant for statistical use only and has no proven standing as a measure of health. Yet a patient's BMI is used to make critical decisions about their care. In this episode, Dr. Holly Ann Russell, an associate professor of family medicine at the University of Rochester Medical Center and medical director for the Center of Community Health and Prevention, discusses what measures providers should be focusing on instead and why weighing patients at every visit is unnecessary.

HFMA Policy Director Andrew Donahue’s column, “An open letter to Congress on nonprofit hospital finances,” has struck a chord with members. In this episode, he discusses margins, investments and M&A and what measure tells the real story of hospital finance. Also in this episode, Brad talks about the recent HFMA report Curing Payment Confusion. Also mentioned in this episode: Healthcare 2030: Restoring Trust in Healthcare Assessing Reality in Healthcare Financial Information | HFMA

HFMA's Annual Conference is mere weeks away. If you're sweating your presentation, today's episode is for you. Rhonda Khan of Simply Speech Solutions gives her thoughts on how to hook your audience and get your message across. Also in this episode, Nick Hut and Shawn Stack share the latest on the Change Healthcare cyberattack and look at what's happening in Washington.

Dr. Bruce Dorr of Biote discusses the challenges facing perimenopausal women in the workplace and what leaders should be doing to support them.

The cover story in the May issue of hfm focuses on a South Dakota health system that developed a new process to identify charity care patients. In this episode, HFMA Policy Director Shawn Stack discusses why good financial assistance policies and process are essential to patient care.

Dr. Vishnukamal Golla discusses the challenges facing primary care physicians and their patients. News team Nick Hut and Shawn Stack provide an update on the Change Healthcare cyberattack and other current events. Mentioned in this episode: Multiple GA hospitals accused of not complying with Price Transparency Rule

The February cyberattack on Change Healthcare, a unit of UnitedHealth Group, continues to cause concern and frustration for providers. In this episode, HFMA Senior Editor Nick Hut and Policy Director Shawn Stack discuss the latest developments, and Joshua Corman, founder of cybersecurity organization I Am the Cavalry, shares insights on what should come next in healthcare.

GLP-1 agonists, medications originally formulated to treat diabetes, have gained traction as prescription drugs for weight loss. On this episode, medical researcher and patient advocate Ragen Chastain discusses what healthcare providers should be sharing with their patients about the risks and efficacy of Wegovy and Zepbound.