Course catalogue

This course presents a big picture overview of the evolution of healthcare services delivery and payment. It highlights the healthcare transformations including the shift from volume to value, quality, payment satisfaction, competition on costs and the evolution of the payment system. Attention is given to the changing roles of managers in healthcare finance. 

Currently making up almost 20 percent of the nation’s gross domestic product, healthcare in the U.S. will be a significant factor in the national economy for the foreseeable future. This section will discuss the following topics as they relate to the big picture of healthcare.

Learning Objectives

In this course, we will address the basic billing rules for major health plans, including an overview of basic billing features and benefits, types of billing rules, and minor claim payers and plans.

Learning Objectives

After completing this course, you will be able to:

• Recognize the basic features of major government-funded health plans.
• Identify the basic features of other health plans including commercial plans and smaller government-funded plans.

How are health systems thinking about artificial intelligence (AI)? Where are health systems investing and what support do they need from vendors to capitalize on the efficiencies of AI? Based on feedback from over 225 health system health system executives, this comprehensive study provides a holistic view of health system challenges surrounding artificial intelligence. This report includes a detailed look at health system readiness for AI, niche areas of opportunity for vendors to bring AI knowledge to health systems among others.

Key Benefits

Key benefits of the report include:

• Understanding of top sources of margin pressure on hospitals and health systems
• Insights into the strategies being implemented and where opportunities are for solution providers
• CFO personas and how they are involved in purchasing decisions

*Due to the report being a digital download being immediately accessible upon purchasing, no refunds will be issued for any circumstances.

*Companies currently Peer Reviewed by HFMA will receive a copy of the study at no charge.

Jointly provided by HFMA and PIM - Postgraduate Institute for Medicine, this program offers ONLY the study materials. The assessment (CME post-test) is taken via PIM’s CME University. This activity has been designed to meet the CME educational needs of physicians, pharmacists, registered nurses, dentists, and other healthcare providers. HFMA Business of Health Care® for CME is a comprehensive online program that presents an overview of today’s healthcare environment and highlights the shift in healthcare service delivery and evolving payment models. If you wish to receive acknowledgment and continuing medical education credits for completing this activity, please complete the post-test (assessment) and evaluation on www.cmeuniversity.com.

Understand how your decisions impact the delivery of quality care with HFMA's Business of Health Care® online program. No matter your role in healthcare, this course is designed to provide essential context around the business fundamentals of pricing, cost, revenue, payment and delivery models.

HFMA Business of Health Care® for CME

• Jointly provided by Postgraduate Institute for Medicine and Healthcare Financial Management Association
• Release date: April 1, 2019
• Expiration date: April 30, 2026
• Estimated time to complete activity: 13.5 hours

Target Audience

This activity has been designed to meet the educational needs of physicians, pharmacists, registered nurses, dentists and other healthcare providers.

Educational Objectives

After completing this activity, the participant should be better able to:

• Identify the current trends of healthcare delivery models in the US and determine the impact of healthcare reform on healthcare delivery and payment.
• Determine an organization’s financial health using key financial statements and financial analysis tools
• Describe how financial strategic planning influences budgeting, cost allocation, and pricing for healthcare services
• Identify all components of the revenue cycle including patient engagement, billing, and collections as they relate to hospitals, physicians and payers
• Identify new payment models and describe the trend of population health in future healthcare delivery models

This course shares how to prepare a price estimate, the role of price estimates in patient financial care, the principles of price transparency, and how pricing information is used to prepare and present price estimates.

Learning Objectives

After completing this course, you will be able to:

• Explain the purpose, principles and importance of price transparency
• Complete the preparation of a price estimate including the patient's financial responsibility

The IHF-HFMA Business of Health Care® EMR Version is an online healthcare finance training for the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR).

Hospital financial management is the planning, organizing, directing and evaluating of the financial activities in a hospital. Financial realities play a central role in many, if not all, decisions associated with today’s health systems. It’s well informed that the role of financial management in improving and strengthening hospital care is critical. This online course is designed for people who work in hospital professions but have not had a basic education on finance. Although each country has its own specific financial and accounting systems and management, the course provides participants with an easy-to-understand way of the fundamentals of financial management in practice.

Learning Objectives

After completing this program, you will be able to:

• Identify the current trends of healthcare delivery models in the US and determine the impact of healthcare reform on healthcare delivery and payment
• Determine an organization's financial health using financial performance ratios, key financial statements, and financial analysis tools
• Describe how financial strategic planning influences budgeting, costs, and pricing for healthcare services
• Identify the components of the revenue cycle, including patient engagement, billing, and collections
• Understand new metrics for future payment models, including quality indicators and patient satisfaction scores
• Describe new models for collaboration among healthcare providers, physicians, and health plans
• Define the trend toward population health in future healthcare delivery models

Program Outline

• Course 1: Healthcare Finance: The Big Picture
• Course 2: Financial Accounting Concepts
• Course 3: Cost Analysis Principles
• Course 4: Strategic Financial Issues
• Course 5: Managing Financial Resources
• Course 6: Looking to the Future
• Exam and Evaluation

Date: Thursday, May 28, 2026, 2:00-3:00 PM CST

Inpatient coding is complex: It is impacted by diagnosis, procedures, documentation variability, DRG assignment, length of stay and payer edits -- creating reimbursement and compliance risk. This webinar presents the concept of autonomous coding for inpatient coding, addressing backlogs, staffing constraints and denials exposure, and emphasizing how expert-guided automation is a critical building block toward efficiency and compliance. Learn practical approaches to scaling inpatient automation, how it integrates within existing coding operations, and how measurable accuracy, coder control, evidence-based outcomes and compliance safeguards mark each step in an organization’s transition toward autonomous coding.

Speakers

		Brinton Frisby Business Director, Autonomous Coding Solventum Brinton Frisby serves as the Business Director for Autonomous Coding at Solventum. With thirteen years of experience, he has guided the development of Solventum 360 Encompass and Revenue Cycle Solutions. In 2015, his responsibilities broadened to include oversight of product development for the 3M Health Information Systems Revenue Cycle portfolio. His expertise encompasses various aspects of product development, including software engineering, product analysis, quality assurance, and data analytics. Brinton holds a degree in Management Information Systems from Brigham Young University.
		Shawn Wells Global Product Owner, Autonomous Coding Solventum Shawn Wells, RHIT, CHDA, is an accomplished health information management executive with more than two decades of experience advancing data integrity, coding innovation, and enterprise‑level digital transformation. He currently serves as the Global Product Owner for Inpatient Autonomous Coding at Solventum, where he drives strategy, product vision, and operational alignment for next‑generation autonomous coding solutions. Prior to joining Solventum, Shawn was Director of Health Information, Coding, and Clinical Documentation Improvement at University of Utah Health. In this role, he led major organizational modernization efforts, including implementation of an enterprise‑wide document management platform, deployment of computer‑assisted coding technologies, and automation of release‑of‑information workflows—initiatives that strengthened operational efficiency and elevated data governance across the system. Shawn has contributed extensively to the advancement of the HIM profession through volunteer leadership with AHIMA at both state and national levels. He holds a Bachelor of Science from Montana State University.

Learning Objectives

• Identify the core problems autonomous inpatient coding must solve for finance and revenue integrity leaders.
• Compare practical strategies for deploying inpatient automation.
• Describe a workflow model that fits real coding-team operations, including the transparency that keeps humans in control. 
• Define “must-have” evaluation criteria for autonomous inpatient coding.

CPE Information

• CPE Award Amount: 1.0 (60-minute segment)
• Program Level: Basic
• Program Prerequisite: None
• Advanced Preparation: None
• Delivery Method: Group Internet Based
• Topic: Revenue Cycle
• Field of Study: Specialized Knowledge 

CPE Sponsor- Healthcare Financial Management Association is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.nasbaregistry.org

In order to receive CPE credit for this session, you must participate in 50 minutes of the presentation for this one hour program. You must also respond to the 4 polling questions that will appear during the session and complete the online evaluation within 2 business days after the webinar.

Meeting Code: 26AT17RAT17

For more information regarding refund policies, as well as any program concerns, please contact our offices at 800.252.4362 or, inquiry@hfma.org.

In this course we review internal controls for cash handling and posting, electronic funds transfer (EFT) and electronic remittance advices. 

Learning Objectives 

After completing this course, you will be able to: 

• Recognize the required internal controls for cash posting. 
• Classify the different types of general ledger cash (non-accounts receivable) and outline how it is posted. 
• Categorize the different levels of automation used in electronic remittance advice posting. 
• Recognize the general concepts for electronic funds transfers.

In this course, you will learn about the key performance indicators (KPIs) and benchmarking that can raise the level of accounts receivable department performance. This course also covers the various techniques used to measure accounts receivable activity.

Learning Objectives

After completing this course, you will be able to:

• Gain access to equations for measuring accounts receivable performance.
• Understand techniques to measure accounts receivable, including discharge not final billed and the "suspense" period.