HFMA’s Voices in Healthcare Finance

Erika Grotto interviews hfm columnist David Johnson about his latest piece in the magazine, Nick Hut and Katie Gilfillan discuss the upcoming midterm elections and Todd Nelson talks about MAP Award applications.

Today, Erika Grotto discusses technology with Jeff Gautney of Rush University System for Health in an expansion of the interview that appeared in the October-November issue of hfm. That story about patient-facing innovation was by HFMA writer Jeni Williams. Today, Gautney speaks about the decision-making process behind new technology. Also in this episode, Nick Hut talks with Medicaid updates and a new report on hospital M&A. Read more here: A New Approach to Hospital Mergers & Acquisitions | AHA

Erika Grotto talks with Dawn Crump from MRO about audit efficiency. Michael Grant, HFMA's director of learning experience, discusses updates to HFMA's learning platform. In the news segment, Nick Hut talks with HFMA policy director Katie Gilfillan about Medicaid eligibility updates.

Meta recently settled for $17.1 billion in a landmark multistate case alleging the company exploited children by creating addictive technology and denying research that showed it was addictive. The case is being compared to judgments against Big Tobacco in the 1990s, with potential far-reaching effects beyond how children experience technology. In this episode, Ehsan Etezad, PhD, an organizational psychologist based in Vancouver, Canada, discusses how the always-on culture of workplace technology has contributed to confusion and burnout--and what workers and leaders should be doing about it.

Dave Sanderson, CEO of Resilience Partners Group, became a leader the day a routine flight he was on made history as the "Miracle on the Hudson." Now, Sanderson, who spent much of his career in healthcare, coaches people on how they can choose leadership, even when they're not in charge. Also in this episode, Nick Hut talks with Kathy Stull about 340B and Katie Gilfillan about new developments in Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement.