HFMA’s Voices in Healthcare Finance

HFMA President and CEO Joe Fifer interviews Jonathan Blum, principal deputy administrator and COO at CMS. In this interview, Blum discusses how CMS plans to phase out the public health emergency, how price transparency and surprise billing legislation are being received by provider organizations, and the effect the pandemic will have on CMS's value-based care strategy.

HFMA Policy Director Shawn Stack and HFMA Senior Editor Nick Hut follow up their March webinar on healthcare disruption with an episode-length Beyond the News segment about the latest innovative ventures.

Voices in Healthcare Finance presents The Body of Evidence, a podcast from Dr. Christopher Labos and Jonathan Jarry. 

In this episode, hosts Jarry and Labos speak with Dr. Barbara Hofer and Dr. Gale Sinatra, the authors of the book Science Denial: Why It Happens and What to Do About It.

The pandemic pushed healthcare organizations to consider how they were using their technology and where the greatest opportunities lie. This week, Anthony Comfort of VisiQuate discusses some of those opportunities as well as barriers to success. Also in this episode, Brad Brotherton of BKD discusses how his firm stands out and how its merger with DHG will strengthen its services.

Cardiologist and epidemiologist Dr. Christopher Labos discusses weight bias in healthcare, including what health indicators to focus on instead of weight and how to help patients who are at risk improve their health outcomes without explicit or implicit fat shaming.

Mentioned in this episode:

What to know about obesity discrimination in healthcare

Addressing weight bias in medicine

Can you be obese but still be healthy?

The Body of Evidence: Asthma/Screen Time/Exercise Motivation

Maintenance Phase podcast

How avoiding an awkward waiting room conversation can contribute to better health among transgender people

Michael Duke, an author and partner within the commercial healthcare segment at Guidehouse, discusses how people and process should take precedence over technology in revenue cycle. He also talks about how sponsor organization Red Dot can assist teams that are struggling with motor vehicle accident accounts.

Mentioned in this episode:

The McPherson Principle: An Innovative Approach to Hitting the Bullseye of Revenue Cycle Performance

Dr. Andrew Hertler, chief medical officer at New Century Health, discusses what healthcare organizations can do to catch up on patients' missed cancer screenings. He also shares new developments in oncology that could see patients receiving treatment at home or doing virtual follow-up care.

Also in this episode, HFMA's Katie Gilfillan talks about the upcoming Annual Conference in Denver.

Mentioned in this episode:

Telehealth opportunities in oncology, and Stever Robbins shares the secret to tackling email overload

Hospital-at-home promises to reshape care delivery in the United States

Have hospital-at-home programs finally come of age?

Practices grapple with an aging oncology workforce

Jacob Braude, a principal at ZS, discusses research his company conducted about how the unconscious parts of the brain affect decisions around vaccination.

Also in this episode, CEO Michael Bumann from sponsor Red Dot discusses his ideal client, the hospital CFO who sees value in working with an entrepreneurial company that can help improve collections on motor vehicle accident accounts with no risk.

Mentioned in this episode:

How behavioral science can solve healthcare hurdles as large as vaccine hesitancy

Got a COVID booster? You probably won't need another for a long time.

CDC COVID data tracker

HFMA President and CEO Joe Fifer interviews Jason Wolf, president and CEO of The Beryl Institute and a speaker at HFMA's upcoming Revenue Cycle Conference, about the importance of remembering the "human experience" in all aspects of healthcare.

Mentioned in this episode:

The role of revenue cycle in elevating the human experience in healthcare

Jess Roberts from the University of Minnesota discusses how the iterative process of design thinking can help healthcare organizations solve problems.

Also in this episode, Michael Bumann of sponsor Red Dot discusses how his clients have taken the millions of dollars they've gained through using Red Dot's motor vehicle accident account platform to accomplish organizational goals.

Mentioned in this episode:

A design thinking framework for healthcare management and innovation