Accounting & Financial Management

Healthcare Finance staff Susan Morse, Richard Pizzi and Henry Powderly are reporting live from the Healthcare Financial Management Association's 2015 Annual National Institute in Orlando, Florida this week. Follow our live updates.

But spending on community programs still a small slice of the tax savings these health systems receive.

The company last year lost thousands of customers to the health law's online exchanges where consumers shop directly for plans and find out if they qualify for subsidies.

Expenses are climbing by 8 percent this year over last, from $416 billion in 2014 to $608 billion in 2015, according to a new report from Kalorama Information.

New Hampshire ACO's goal is to have capitation make up 70 percent of reimbursements, dropping fee-for-service from its current 50 percent to 30 percent.

Operating income across Pennsylvania's 35 for-profit and 135 nonprofit hospitals decreased about 5 percent in fiscal 2014 from $1.8 billion to $1.7 billion, according to new data released by the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council.

The further reimbursement cuts are expected push margins of an estimated 40 percent of all home health providers into loss territory.

Patient engagement can ensure the delivery of patient- and family-centered care while bolstering the ability of accountable care organizations to meet quality and savings goals.

Some health systems are trying to help patients avoid high-cost bills altogether, by working with insurers to craft value-based plans that offer low out-of-pocket costs.

Hospital chief financial officers have indispensable business intelligence towards managing costs surrounding supply chain purchases.