HFMA’s Voices in Healthcare Finance

HFMA Senior Editor Nick Hut and HFMA Policy Director Shawn Stack discuss the end of the public health emergency and what it means for Medicaid as well as a recent blog post from Stack on price transparency. Discussed in this episode: Unwinding the Medicaid Continuous Enrollment Provision: Projected Enrollment Effects and Policy Approaches PatientRightsAdvocate.org misinterprets CMS rules in low estimate of hospital price transparency compliance Hospital price transparency update: Regulatory enforcement soon could become stricter, CMS leaders say

HFMA Senior Editor Paul Barr discusses Volume 2 of the Healthcare 2030 series. Katie Sklarsky from Chartis talks about financial sustainability, and Danielle Solomon from FORVIS talks about the importance of good leadership in times of change.

HFMA Chief Content Executive Brad Dennison discusses the March hfm cover story about patient-friendly payment and what some media organizations get wrong.   Mentioned in this episode: Collecting with compassion: Patient financial care grows in importance

Medical researcher and patient advocate Ragen Chastain discusses why the body mass index is misleading and how it can lead to discrimination in healthcare. Sources and additional reading: Is BMI a scam? Top 10 reasons why the BMI is bogus Maintenance Phase: The Body Mass Index Maintenance Phase: The Obesity Epidemic  Did the American Medical Association make the correct decision classifying obesity as a disease? Fearing the Black Body Belly of the Beast What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat and "You Just Need to Lose Weight" and 19 Other Myths About Fat People

Jacob Braude, a principal at ZS, returns to the podcast to discuss his firm's latest research on vaccine hesitancy.   Mentioned in this episode: The real reason people don't get vaccinated for COVID-19? They don't feel like it. A cognitive research playbook for encouraging hesitant customers to get COVID-19 boosters

Patrick Young, president of population health for Hackensack Meridian Health and Jeff Smith, chief commercial officer at value-based managed services operator Lumeris, share the success story of payer-provider partnership Braven Health.   Mentioned in this episode: Fact sheet on the prior authorization and interoperability proposed rule Key points in the 2024 Medicare Advantage proposed rule

Jonathan Wiik of FinThrive discusses revenue cycle improvement.   Mentioned in this episode: CMS status report on the IDR process Tips for parties initiating an IDR dispute

Dr. Margaret Larkins-Pettigrew of Allegheny Health Network and Highmark Health discusses how better care of women leads to a healthier society.

Last week's episode was so full that there wasn't time for Nick Hut and Shawn Stack's entire segment on healthcare headlines. This week, we're sharing the entire thing in a special year-end bonus episode.

Nick Hut, Shawn Stack, Brad Dennison, Paul Barr, Eric Reese, Crystal Milazzo, Deb Filipek and Melanie Binder join the podcast to talk about the hottest topics of 2022.    Mentioned in this episode: Healthcare 2030 ‘A just cause’: HFMA's CEoH initiative addresses the factors that impede quality of health and raise healthcare costs Revenue cycle staff shortages push leaders to adapt quickly How to future-proof your travel nurse and clinician staffing Telehealth is primed for growth despite post-lockdown fade Healthcare’s cybersecurity stakes reach alarming levels Hospitals work to make the supply chain green Jill Geisler: Are you creating quiet quitters or preventing them? Jill Geisler on crisis management: Lead like Zelenskyy Healthcare News of Note: Oracle-Cerner deal has the potential to transform healthcare Healthcare News of Note: Oracle’s $28.3 billion Cerner deal faces anti-competition scrutiny, and a pension fund sues Cerner for access to files related to the possible merger Healthcare News of Note: Oracle’s $28.3B acquisition of Cerner is now final Healthcare News of Note: Only 66 hospitals earn top marks for social responsibility Healthcare News of Note: Staffing shortages in hospitals and healthcare settings are ‘actively jeopardizing’ patient safety, says ECRI