2x Neal Award finalist. Winner, ASBPE Best Body of Work by a Freelance Journalist. Finalist, ASBPE Best Body of Work by a Staff Journalist #healthcare#finance
I had the pleasure of moderating the "Healthcare Revenue Cycle of the Future" panel at @hfmaorg's annual conference.
Among the takeaways:
- Stop chasing point solutions
- Ask partners for plain-language proof of value
- Let go of FOMO
#revenuecycle#hfma2026#healthcare#hfma26
New survey: Among people with job-based insurance, 39% cited affordability challenges.
This is by far the largest number of people facing healthcare affordability challenges and they are generally ignored by media and advocates because no one paid to advocate for them.
Grateful to have led the Healthcare Revenue Cycle of the Future presentation at HFMA's annual conference! We had a full room for this insightful session. Thanks to @Huron , @usbank and @SuperDial for the conversation & camaraderie
@hfmaorg#hfma2026#hfma26#ac26
"Over time, accepting risk without management, meaning taking the contract on without actually driving an operational change, leads to some measure of disillusionment & I think it undercuts the ability to keep moving."
Joshua Liao @hfmaorg#ac26#hfma2026#healthcare#value
When it comes to prior authorization, "We believe we could work with insurance companies and get our arms around this." --@DrOz
The bigger challenge is bringing providers on board with a solution, he says
#healthcare#finance#hfma2026#hfma26#ac26
As of July 1, people on Medicare who desire it & who qualify based on health conditions like obesity will be able to get a GLP-1 for $50 month: @DrOz@hfmaorg#healthcare#hfma2026#hfma26#ac26
"If the big word of the day is affordability--as it should be--I would say that to make care more affordable, we have to address these issues [like obesity & the need for food pyramid education for physicians] in a big way"--@DrOz@hfmaorg#hfma2026#hfmaannual#ac26#hfma26
"The overestimation of clinical alignment" is a common factor for failure in value-based payment: Joshua Liao, MD, UT Southwestern
@hfmaorg#HFMA2026#HFMA26#AC26#HFMAAnnual
Financial health at the institutional level must align with financial health at the personal level, Ann Jordan, president and CEO of HFMA, tells finance leaders this morning.
"We've got to make affordability real ... I think affordability has to become practical, it has to be efficient, it has to be effective, it's got to be timely & it's got to be more transparent": Scott Hawig, EVP & CFO, @BJC_HealthCare#hfma2026#ac26@hfmaorg#healthcare
"Families and workers should not pay higher premiums because of fiscal games between the states and Washington": Casey Mulligan, U.S. healthcare affordability czar @HHSGov#hfma2926@hfmaorg
"You cannot achieve financial sustainability by shifting costs to patients who cannot bear them, and you cannot achieve affordability by dismantling the operating models of the systems that care for them ": Ann Jordan @hfmaorg#hfma2026#hfma26#ac26
"We are all present for the reinvention of healthcare, and that reinvention demands financial leadership from this room": @hfmaorg President & CEO Ann Jordan, JD, at #HFMA2026#hfma26#ac26
Graduation for Kayley today, and it feels like she's coming into her era, as my daughter-in-law says. Next for her: SAIC. Next for me in 11 hours: #hfma2026@hfmaorg