HFMA Senior Editor Nick Hut and HFMA Policy Director Shawn Stack discuss the latest in healthcare finance news including pre-election thoughts, a new Medicare appeals process and application of the two-midnight rule.

Dr. Kamal Golla is back on the podcast this week discussing the financial considerations for patients and their care team after a cancer diagnosis.

Laura Osborne and John Reeves discuss the unique challenges of tribal health and what other healthcare organizations can learn from their experiences.

In the Beyond the News segment, Nick Hut and Shawn Stack provide an update on price transparency regulations.

Nick Hut and Shawn Stack discuss the continuing bankruptcy proceedings of Steward Health Care and refusal of system CEO Ralph de la Torre to testify before the Senate.

Erika is joined by Quintin Maidment, a vice president at CTRx Pathways, to discuss why diversity is critical in clinical drug trials and what barriers stand in the way. In the Beyond the News segment, Nick and Shawn discuss the controversy around efforts by Johnson & Johnson to create a rebate program around 340B drug pricing.

HFMA Senior Editor Paul Barr talks with health system CEO Alan Kaplan about how an improv class helped him advance his career.

In the most recent episode of HFMA's Healthcare Blame Game podcast, editor, professor, author, columnist and commentator Otis Sanford talks with Brad about decades of change in the journalism industry, and how reporter biases and opinions are seeping into healthcare news writing.

Also in this episode, people who celebrate meeting their deductible, and a special musical treat.

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Society of Professional Journalists Code of Ethics

In the final series of interviews from HFMA's Annual Conference, Erin Weber of CAQH discusses how providers can participate in the work of setting best practice guidelines, and Lori Zindl of OS Inc. and Rachel Dallman of Phelps Memorial Health Center talk about opportunities to learn from analytics.

Deepak Manmohan Goyal, MD, MBBS, MBA, joins Brad and Erika at HFMA Annual on June 27, 2024, to discuss his work as executive director for revenue cycle and supply chain at Monument Health in Rapid City, S.D. and the financial assistance program that has increased the system’s charity care by $7.8 million in its first year. Also in this episode, the best tactic for recovering from a routine screening, according to Erika's eight-year-old daughter.

Chad Bloomberg of U.S. Bank Healthcare Payment Solutions shares insights on how payment preferences differ depending on demographics, and Oracle's Julie Jensen talks about collaboration as the key to cybersecurity in interviews recorded at HFMA's Annual Conference in Las Vegas.

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U.S. Bank Healthcare Payments Insights Report

Laxmi Patel from Savista discusses the potential for AI, and Kevin Hidenfelter from Millenia shares insights about generational payment preferences in interviews conducted live at HFMA's Annual Conference in Las Vegas.

HFMA's Nick Hut and Shawn Stack discuss the Supreme Court ruling overturning the Chevron doctrine and the implications for healthcare.