Financial Decision Making

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.

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

The FBI says healthcare remains the industry of choice for ransomware groups. Authorities are going after attackers, but hospitals face greater risks amid financial pressures.

Chris Bjornberg, CEO of the Imperial Valley Health District, discusses managing financial challenges and using partnerships to serve vulnerable communities.

Health systems should treat cybersecurity compliance as a fraud prevention imperative.

He talked with us about new opportunities to expand care, changes in federal policy, AI, and more.

Executives say they are focused on cutting expenses and worried about reduced government funding, according to a new report by Strata Decision Technology.

Health systems say the federal government’s planned inpatient payments don’t match with rising cost pressures. They also bristled at changes in reimbursements for joint procedures.

There were more than 20 deals announced, the biggest first quarter number since 2020, according to Kaufman Hall.

Many say concerns about violence are affecting their ability to deliver care, and that they don’t see their organizations viewing their safety as a high priority.

Millions are expected to lose coverage in the coming years, and some hospitals are already making plans. Industry leaders say hospitals can’t afford to wait.

Erik Swanson of Kaufman Hall talks about the rising financial pressures health systems are facing, including more without insurance or underinsured, and rising expenses.

Executives expect to spend more on AI and are focused on funding for new markets or patient acquisition, according to a new report from Sage Growth Partners.

Work requirements and state policies could mean 5-10 million may no longer be covered, according to the Urban Institute and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

The American Hospital Association cited the billions spent on claims in its annual Costs of Caring report. Hospitals are also seeing more patients and sicker patients.

Health systems will need to find ways to be resilient in the face of mounting challenges, says Vince Vickers of KPMG. And he says AI will help, but it’s not a panacea.

Hackers are increasingly looking at the many vendors hospitals use, and organizations that are viewed as easier to penetrate.

The high court tossed most of President Trump’s tariffs, but health systems still don’t have clarity over ongoing policy or the potential for rebates, experts say.

In an interview with Chief Healthcare Executive, she says the healthcare industry isn’t financially sustainable, a tipping point is coming, and hospitals are at risk.

Dr. Peter Slavin will participate in a discussion on how hospitals can manage in a challenging environment during the digital health conference this month.

There is some optimism for more mergers and acquisitions in the year ahead. But the level of the rebound is unclear.

Payers have shorter timelines on prior authorization. Hospitals and physicians say they’re hoping for improvement in a process that delays treatments.