The chapter would like to congratulate Jessica Fyhr on completing the CHFP certification process. After spending time as a stay at home mom, Jessica began her career in healthcare finance 6 years ago. She started as a financial analyst and is currently a senior financial analyst in the CFO’s office at Baystate Health. We recently connected with Jessica… Read More »
Our chapter has a full schedule in November! With two in-person programs and one webinar in before Thanksgiving, there’s something on the agenda for everyone. Capital Finance Seminar: Debt Management and Risk Management–From Basic to Complex November 1–Bank of America Merrill Lynch, 225 Franklin Street, Boston, MA 02110 Join us for an afternoon program highlighting debt finance and enterprise… Read More »
The Trump Administration is moving full speed ahead with its proposals under the Blueprint to Lower Drug Prices (the “Blueprint”). Earlier this week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released a proposed rule that would require pharmaceutical manufacturers to disclose the list price of their pharmaceutical products in direct-to-consumer (“DTC”) television ads (the “Proposed Rule”). This comes only a week… Read More »
Save the date! This year’s annual wine dinner is scheduled for May 9, 2019 at the Downtown Harvard Club. This is a special event for our chapter as it is when we recognize our volunteers for service to HFMA. Three of the awards presented are related to Founders Points. Are you familiar with HFMA’s Founders Points? Points are… Read More »
The HFMA MA-RI Capital Finance seminar on debt management and risk management will be held on Thursday, November 1st from 1:15-6:00 at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in downtown Boston. For many companies, the CFO organization is responsible for managing debt capital and overseeing enterprise risk management. An effective risk management framework seeks to protect an organization’s capital… Read More »
HFMA is highly dedicated to providing its members and readers of hfm with expert insight and practical guidance regarding all matters germane to healthcare finance within the U.S. healthcare system. The editors of hfm rely on the perspectives of reviewers who have special expertise in the various areas of healthcare finance to help in determining whether articles submitted for publication in hfm are of… Read More »
Many of you are likely aware that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the following rule for comment, which were due in September: Medicare Program Revisions to Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Revisions to Part B for CY 2019; Medicare Shared Savings Program Requirements; Quality Payment Program; and Medicaid Promoting Interoperability… Read More »
This fall two of the HFMA MA-RI Chapter’s Committees, the Enterprise Performance Management / Physician Practice Management Committee and the Managed Care Committee merged to form the newly founded “Healthcare Delivery Transformation Committee.” The merger is a result of the changing healthcare delivery landscape; there are far more similarities than differences among the operational and financial concerns of managed… Read More »
Many of the HFMA members reading this blog post are likely defined as “knowledge workers” – a term coined by management guru Peter Drucker back in the mid-20th century. Knowledge workers are individuals who work with their heads, not their hands (maybe other than to utilize Excel and PowerPoint to the point of exhaustion) to plan, contribute, and… Read More »
The following members recently joined. We welcome you to the Chapter and encourage you to take advantage of the many professional development, networking and information resources available to you at HFMA. Other HFMA members are a terrific resource for your everyday professional challenges – we encourage all members, current and new, to get involved with HFMA committees and… Read More »
