Episodes

Monday Mar 13, 2023
The blame game in the media regarding patient financial conversations
Monday Mar 13, 2023
Monday Mar 13, 2023
HFMA Chief Content Executive Brad Dennison discusses the March hfm cover story about patient-friendly payment and what some media organizations get wrong.
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Collecting with compassion: Patient financial care grows in importance

Monday Feb 27, 2023
Monday Feb 27, 2023
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:
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?

Monday Feb 13, 2023
Monday Feb 13, 2023
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

Monday Jan 30, 2023
Monday Jan 30, 2023
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.
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Fact sheet on the prior authorization and interoperability proposed rule

Monday Jan 16, 2023
Monday Jan 16, 2023
Jonathan Wiik of FinThrive discusses revenue cycle improvement.
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Monday Jan 02, 2023
Monday Jan 02, 2023
Dr. Margaret Larkins-Pettigrew of Allegheny Health Network and Highmark Health discusses how better care of women leads to a healthier society.

Monday Dec 26, 2022
Monday Dec 26, 2022
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.

Monday Dec 19, 2022
HFMA staff discuss the biggest healthcare stories of the year
Monday Dec 19, 2022
Monday Dec 19, 2022
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:
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 $28.3B acquisition of Cerner is now final
Healthcare News of Note: Only 66 hospitals earn top marks for social responsibility

Monday Dec 05, 2022
Monday Dec 05, 2022
Friend of the podcast Chad Mulvany of the California Hospital Association joins HFMA Policy Director Andrew Donohue and Senior Editor Nick Hut in a discussion about what midterm elections could mean for healthcare.

Monday Nov 21, 2022
A quick holiday week news update with Nick and Shawn
Monday Nov 21, 2022
Monday Nov 21, 2022
HFMA Senior Editor Nick Hut and HFMA Policy Director Shawn Stack dive into the latest healthcare finance headlines in this shortened episode for Thanksgiving Week.