HFMA’s Voices in Healthcare Finance

Nick Hut provides an up-to-date look at the value-based payment model landscape. Erika Grotto talks with Ziad Khoury, MD and Jason McKitrick about the challenges and opportunities in rural health.

Nick Hut and Kathy Stull discuss the latest in healthcare finance news, and Erika Grotto talks with Monica Christmas, MD, about how the healthcare industry can better care for women in perimenopause. Further reading: Inpatient Prospective Payment System FY27 proposed rule CJR-X Model

Nick Hut and Shawn Stack discuss the latest in healthcare finance news. Erika Grotto talks with Jonathan Wiik of FinThrive about how a great patient experience and AI can go together. Also in this episode, a fond farewell to Shawn as he departs the podcast and HFMA.

Nick Hut and Shawn Stack discuss notable regulatory and legislative developments in price transparency including April 1 enforcement of new requirements.

Nick Hut and Katie Gilfillan discuss a new accountable care organization model on deck for 2027.

Nick and Shawn discuss regulatory changes coming from CMS for the 2027 regulatory season.

Katie Gilfillan discusses a noteworthy new payment model from CMS, and Nick and Shawn review of key healthcare aspects of the FY26 budget bill.

Nick and Shawn discuss appropriations efforts and how various provisions will affect hospitals, specifically in outpatient department claims.

Nick Hut and Shawn Stack kick off the year by discussing the expired subsidies for ACA coverage as well as developments in the 340B drug program and price transparency.

HFMA's FastFinance newsletter is now a podcast. Host Rich Daly discusses the most current and relevant healthcare news, delivered in an easily digestible format. A list of alleged financial harms against hospitals are at the heart of Texas' anticompetitive lawsuit again EHR vendor Epic. Learn why its details are required reading. Also, this week’s Weird Number: 40%. That’s how much higher the year-to-date bad debt and charity care per day are for hospitals compared to their year-to-date amount in 2022. One More Thing: HHS is appealing the recent pause from a federal judge of the 340B rebate model. Not a FastFinance subscriber? Learn more ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here.⁠⁠⁠⁠

Nick Hut and Shawn Stack discuss what's coming in healthcare in 2026 with Katie Gilfillan from HFMA's policy team.

HFMA policy director Katie Gilfillan joins Nick Hut and Shawn Stack as they discuss the Medicare physician fee schedule for 2026. Also in this episode, Nick and Shawn analyze the hospital OPPS Medicare payment update for 2026.

HFMA's FastFinance newsletter is now a podcast. Host Rich Daly discusses the most current and relevant healthcare news, delivered in an easily digestible format. As states are increasingly requiring pre-screening patients for charity care, a recent industry outreach effort gauged hospital interest and approaches. Also, this week’s Weird Number: 500,000. That’s how many people quit their jobs in healthcare or social assistance in August—the latest month with a breakdown on that from the Labor Department. One More Thing: A new lawsuit seeks to stop the Jan. 1 launch of the 340B rebate model. Hospitals filed a lawsuit against the federal government Dec. 1, seeking to halt implementation of the planned 340B rebate model before it begins. Not a FastFinance subscriber? Learn more ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here.⁠⁠⁠⁠

HFMA’s FastFinance newsletter is now a podcast. Host Rich Daly discusses the most current and relevant healthcare news, delivered in an easily digestible format. Former hospital executives detail an approach that helped their organization improve quality while obtaining average commercial rates of 150% of Medicare. Also, this week’s Weird Number: $10 billion. The amount Medicare was expected to spend this year for provision of skin substitutes — one of the treatments on which a new prior authorization model will focus. One More Thing: Details of the recently issued hospital outpatient payment rule from Medicare, which carries significant financial ramifications. Not a FastFinance subscriber? Learn more ⁠⁠⁠⁠here.⁠⁠⁠

This week, we're sharing an episode of our patient-facing program, HiFi Health News. In this episode, host Erika Grotto talks with Ruchi Talwar, MD from Vanderbilt University Medical Center about how to save money on prescription drugs. For all of our content, subscribe to the HiFi Health News podcast on your favorite app, or see all our videos on YouTube.

Employers have a new data source that combines price, quality and safety data and was expected to fuel a renewed push on direct contracting. Also, this week’s Weird Number: 30%. Fewer than 30% of health systems earned significant ROI from most of their virtual care offerings, according to a recent survey of executives by Sage Growth Partners. One More Thing: Healthcare CFOs describe in an HFMA survey how they expect AI to change executive leadership at their organizations. Not a FastFinance subscriber? Learn more ⁠⁠⁠here.⁠⁠

Nick Hut and Shawn Stack sum up the latest in healthcare finance news.

In the final episode of our technology series sponsored by Philips, Erika speaks with Stacy Kelleher from Philips about data opportunities in patient monitoring and how telemetry can be used more effectively.

HFMA Senior Editor Nick Hut and HFMA Policy Director Shawn Stack discuss the latest in healthcare finance news.

Patients have access to more data than ever, but there can be confusion when they try to interpret it. In this week's episode, we speak with Tim Church, MD from Wondr Health and Jonathan Henderson from Encore Rehabilitation.

In the first episode of this special series sponsored by Philips, HFMA Senior Editor Erika Grotto talks with Taylor Seale of Epic and Jeff Gautney from Rush University System for Health about planning and prioritizing technology projects.

HFMA Senior Editor Nick Hut and HFMA Policy Director Shawn Stack discuss the latest in healthcare finance news.

HFMA Senior Editor Nick Hut and HFMA Policy Director Shawn Stack discuss the latest in healthcare finance news.

HFMA's Nick Hut and Shawn Stack discuss the latest in healthcare finance news.

HFMA’s FastFinance newsletter is now a podcast. Host Rich Daly discusses the most current and relevant healthcare news, delivered in an easily digestible format. MedPAC found increasing local Medicare Advantage enrollment had little effect on hospitals' margins. But some have questioned those findings. Also, this week’s Weird Number: As many as one million patients fall in hospitals each year, which brings large costs. One More Thing: Learn why and how commercial payers are increasingly targeting hospital costs. Not a FastFinance subscriber? Learn more ⁠here.⁠

HFMA's Nick Hut and Shawn Stack discuss the latest in healthcare finance news.

HFMA’s FastFinance newsletter is now a podcast. Host Rich Daly discusses the most current and relevant healthcare news, delivered in an easily digestible format. Medicare enrollees' out-of-pocket drug costs have jumped this year, according to recent research. Learn what effects researchers expect. Also, this week’s Weird Number: 95% of business leaders expect no measurable business return from their AI pilot programs. One More Thing: Learn which hospitals are most vulnerable to proposed cuts in Medicare bad debt payments. Not a FastFinance subscriber? Learn more here.

Mayank Pant from IKS Health talks about why healthcare organizations haven't been able to overcome longstanding challenges, and Nick Hut talks with HFMA Policy Director Katie Gilfillan about the 2026 Medicare Proposed Rule on physician fee schedule.

HFMA's popular FastFinance newsletter is now a podcast. Host Rich Daly discusses the most current and relevant healthcare news in a quick, digestible format. In this episode: Hospitals’ financial performance continues to improve this year, but expense trends are worrying, according to an industry tracker. Learnwhat spending is driving expenses. Also, this week’s Weird Number: One million people have recently lost their primary care physician in one state. One More Thing to know is that hospitals and health systems are expected to markedly improve their finances ahead of 2027 federal Medicaid cuts.

Nick Hut and Shawn Stack discuss OPPS and IPPS, and Aaron Shimoff from Athena Health discusses how to stay on course in an ever-changing healthcare landscape.

Nick Hut and Shawn Stack talk about the 2026 Medicare proposed rule for the Outpatient Prospective Payment System and why it could have a more significant impact on hospitals than rules from previous years. Also in this episode, Aneal Gadgil from Abridge discusses clinical documentation and coding.

HFMA Senior Editor Nick Hut talks with policy directors Shawn Stack and Andrew Donahue about the hospital impact of the Big Beautiful Bill. Garett Jackson from Intuitive Health talks about a hybrid emergency department/urgent care model to cut down on ED overuse.

HFMA's Nick Hut and Shawn Stack talk about the latest from Washington.

Danelle Newman from OSS Health discusses how to strike a balance in vendor and staffing management. Also in this episode, HFMA Senior Editor Rich Daly talks with HFMA Policy Director Shawn Stack about the House-passed reconciliation package.

HFMA Senior Editor Rich Daly talks about his hfm cover story about DOGE and the healthcare industry. HFMA's Nick Hut and Shawn Stack talk about the 340B drug pricing program.

Nick Hut and Shawn Stack discuss the proposed rule for the Inpatient Prospective Payment System. Later, Taylor Searfoss, a vice president at Ni2, an Infinx company, discusses challenges in charge capture.

Nick Hut and Shawn Stack discuss cuts to the Dept. of Health and Human Services and what they could mean for patients and providers.

Nick Hut and Shawn Stack discuss the confirmation hearing of Mehmet Oz for CMS administrator. Also, Brad Dennison and Rich Daly from HFMA's editorial team talk about the new Fast Finance newsletter. To receive the newsletter, email [email protected].

Nick Hut and Shawn Stack discuss price transparency regulations, and Erika Grotto talks with Stuart Newsome from Infinx about AI in revenue cycle.

A year after the cyberattack that frustrated patients and providers--and earned hackers a $22 million payout--Nick Hut and Shawn Stack discuss what's changed in the industry and what's likely to come next.

The Senate will vote this week on whether Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. will be confirmed as secretary of the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Nick Hut discusses what he plans to do in the role and where he's likely to have the greatest influence on the industry.

HFMA's Nick Hut and Shawn Stack discuss early developments in healthcare policy now that Donald Trump has taken office for a second time.

Zeev Neuwirth, MD discusses the challenges in primary care and potential strategies to address them.

HFMA senior editors Nick Hut and Rich Daly discuss what's likely to come in 2025 with regard to healthcare policy.

Dr. Daniel Semenza of the New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center discusses the ripple effects of gun violence. HFMA's Nick Hut and Shawn Stack talk about the appointments of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Mehmet Oz.

Dr. Daniel Semenza, director of interpersonal violence research at the New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center at Rutgers University, discusses the intersection of public health and gun violence and reveals what society gets wrong in its discussion of the subject.

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.