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What issues will impact hospitals long-term?
No one has a crystal ball that can predict the future with 100 percent accuracy. But examining the current state of healthcare in combination with the nation's economic outlook can give hospitals a... Read more...
Not-for-profits could have a bleak year
Two key credit ratings services--Moody's Investors Service and Fitch Ratings--believe the outlook for the not-for-profit healthcare sector will remain negative this year, says the Healthcare... Read more...
HFMA releases revenue cycle recommendations
The Healthcare Financial Management Association has set plans to release an updated version of its ongoing "Patient Friendly Billing" report series, offering advice on improving revenue cycle... Read more...
Survey: Inpatient volume shifting to cardiac, surgical and ICU/critical care
Over the next year, inpatient volume is likely to fall, but outpatient volume is probably going to make up the difference; all this, while inpatient services are likely to shift to a few key areas... Read more...
HFMA releases model charity-care policy for non-profits
The Healthcare Financial Management Association has released a model charity-care policy, in a move that is likely to help non-profit hospitals to prepare for tighter IRS scrutiny of their charity... Read more...
Will this year's HFMA conference bring hope?
Believe it or not, the economy may be staggering to its feet at long last. In fact, according to a new Associated Press article, more than 90 percent of economists predict that the recession will end... Read more...
Recession hits large hospitals hard
One fact that hasn't stood out in the reporting on hospital financial woes is that it's proving harder to be a larger hospital than a smaller one. While more than half of the hospitals surveyed in... Read more...
Moody's downgrades 18 hospital bond ratings in two months
Up until this most recent financial quarter, Moody's was downgrading and upgrading nearly equal numbers of hospital bonds. In October and November of this year, though, Moody's has downgraded 18... Read more...
The word from HFMA ANI: Collections business changes underway
Folks, when it comes to patient collections, it seems we're not in Kansas any more. If the feedback I got at this year's HFMA ANI 2008 show is any indication, some big shifts are underway in how... Read more...
Tools for managing the self-pay patient
At this year's show, expect to see a lot of vendors pitching technologies and services designed to help you manage collections for the self-pay patient. It's telling, for example, that Read more...
