The chapter would like to congratulate Lauren Sansbury on completing the CHFP certification process. Lauren works for Optum Analytics as part of the Payer Solutions team. We recently connected with Lauren to hear more about her CHFP experience. HFMA: Tell us a little bit about your background – did you come to health care finance from the health… Read More »
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) launched the Chronic Care Management (CCM) program in January 2015. The introduction of CPT code 99490 allowed provider led teams to remotely manage the health of their sickest patients. Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries with two or more chronic conditions among the twenty seven outlined by CMS (source) may be enrolled, after… Read More »
The latest issue of the HFMA Advisor is now available online (reminder: the HFMA Advisor is no longer mailed in hard copy format). This issue features a summary of the 2018 Physician Practice Management/Enterprise Performance Management Conference and the 2018 Wine Dinner. The issue also includes articles on the Medicare claims backlog, data theft, salary negotiation, and medical scribes. We hope you enjoy this… Read More »
Thanks to everyone who purchased tickets to the Red Sox game on July 26th. The event is now sold out and we look forward to seeing everyone at Fenway! Make sure you sign up for our annual golf event before it sells out! On Monday, August 13, 2018, the MA-RI Chapter of HFMA will be at Granite Links… Read More »
Video from Chapter President Garrett Gillespie www.HFMA.org/renew 1-800-252-HFMA
We are currently seeking volunteers interested in writing occasional articles for the MA-RI HFMA blog. Articles can cover a range of topics from educational pieces, member spotlights, social event news, and event recaps. Articles can be submitted at any time by emailing admin@ma-ri-hfma.org. Additionally, you can also request to be added to a list of potential future authors.… Read More »
In part three of an ongoing series highlighting the board members for our Massachusetts-Rhode Island chapter, we are featuring Gary Janko. Gary is the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Senscio Systems, Inc. At Senscio, his responsibilities include management of service delivery, compliance, program operations, strategic initiatives, and financial oversight. His career, spanning over 35 years,… Read More »
By: Frazer Buntin & Kate Rollins The new skills required to operate a value-based care business successfully are vast, and the financial return becomes viable only if a provider can go at-risk for enough lives to scale their investment. This reality is a major inhibitor to providers who want to move up the risk continuum and for those… Read More »
Congratulations to our chapter! The MA-RI HFMA chapter won four Yerger awards which were presented at the Annual Conference in Las Vegas in week. The Yerger award is named in honor of Helen M. Yerger and recognizes outstanding chapter performance. Our four awards are for: Innovation: Digital Strategy: Innovating the Chapter Education Platform for the 21st Century awarded… Read More »
In part two of an ongoing series highlighting the board members for our Massachusetts-Rhode Island chapter, we are featuring Karen Granoff. If you missed last week’s highlight of Joanna Kroon, you can read that post here. Karen Granoff is the Senior Director, Managed Care Policy, at the Massachusetts Health and Hospital Association. In this role, Karen is responsible… Read More »
