Management

The Healthcare Financial Management Association’s annual conference offered a window on an industry facing rapid challenges and changes.

In an interview at the HFMA conference, Kevin Holloran of Fitch Ratings talked about planning for Medicaid cuts, opportunities with AI, and why it’s not a time to be cautious.

Even with big changes in federal policy and mounting cost pressures, Hancock says devising strategies for the future is the best way to manage and adapt.

The for-profit system in Tennessee elevated Dave Caspers, who had been Ardent’s chief operating officer. Marty Bonick, the former CEO, stepped down to pursue other opportunities.

She spoke with Chief Healthcare Executive at the HFMA conference about integrating Spectrum Health and Beaumont Health to form Corewell Health. She also talked about facing financial headwinds and the value of partnerships.

He spoke with Chief Healthcare Executive at the Healthcare Financial Management Association about challenges with reimbursements and potential with the use of AI.

Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, outlined top priorities during an appearance at the Healthcare Financial Management Association conference.

The Catholic health system has completed the deal to acquire AMSURG’s 300 ambulatory surgery centers. It marks a shift in Ascension’s long-term strategy.

For both clinicians and attorneys the lesson is quite clear: whatever the AI model, verification of output together with your own medical and legal judgment remains important.

Most doubt the long-term viability of the health system and say the tipping point is coming, and soon, according to a survey by Vitalic Health.

Providers are seeing more patients confused by misinformation and disinformation, and some aren’t going to doctors. She outlines steps health systems can take to counter misinformation.

Leaders are showing enthusiasm for AI to improve operations, help overworked staff, and potentially drive down costs.

Corewell Health CEO Tina Freese Decker and CFO Matt Cox talk about the need for candor, trust, and even a bit of tension in making big decisions at the Healthcare Financial Management Association conference.

The Healthcare Financial Management Association presented the Richard L. Clarke award to Dennis Dahlen, chief financial officer of Mayo Clinic.

The Healthcare Financial Management Association’s conference offers scores of sessions, but there are some big themes.

The American Hospital Association and the West Health Institute are partnering on a three-year program to help hospitals adopt tech solutions. Dr. Chris DeRienzo, the AHA’s chief physician executive, talks about the effort.

The carefully polished language once designed to inform the masses must give way to clear, immediate answers and real-time updates.

The Healthcare Financial Management Association conference is expected to draw thousands to its annual conference, which kicks off Sunday.

The plans call for a medical center with 500 inpatient rooms and outpatient facilities, and it will house the NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine.

Donna Teach explains how one of the nation’s largest pediatric hospitals is working to improve access to care, including behavioral health.

The American Hospital Association released a report outlining a host of steps, including boosting primary care, reducing prices on drugs and cutting administrative waste, among others.

The department excluded nursing from a published list of professional degrees. Nurses say the new rule will make it harder for those seeking advanced degrees and hurt efforts to train more nurses.

Freeman Health System has finalized the acquisition of Northwest Health in a $112 million transaction. Northwest operates four hospitals.

Dr. Cliff Megerian, CEO of the Ohio-based system says that artificial intelligence is being used across the organization.

The academic health system serves mostly rural communities, and is working to make it easier for them to get care.