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Join Shawn Stack on his bi-monthly webinar series designed specifically for hospital executives seeking to stay ahead of the curve in today's evolving healthcare regulatory landscape. In each session, Shawn will provide updates on the latest national healthcare reimbursement and revenue cycle regulations, policies, and trends. From changes in Medicare and Managed Care reimbursement policies to updates on proposed and final regulatory policies. This webinar series will be held every other month on the third Wednesday of the month and will equip you with the knowledge and insights needed to navigate the complex world of the healthcare business office. Don't miss this opportunity to stay informed, connected, and ahead of the curve!

Original Live Webinar Date: April 23, 2025

Learning Objectives

• Understand the latest updates and changes in national healthcare reimbursement regulations and policies
• Acquire actionable takeaways and strategies for improving revenue cycle performance and financial sustainability in healthcare organizations
• Explore best practices for ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements related to healthcare reimbursement
• Identify key trends and emerging issues impacting finance, rev cycle, and patient-centered care in the healthcare industry

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Join Shawn Stack on his bi-monthly webinar series designed specifically for hospital executives seeking to stay ahead of the curve in today's evolving healthcare regulatory landscape. In each session, Shawn will provide updates on the latest national healthcare reimbursement and revenue cycle regulations, policies, and trends. From changes in Medicare and Managed Care reimbursement policies to updates on proposed and final regulatory policies. This webinar series will be held every other month on the third Wednesday of the month and will equip you with the knowledge and insights needed to navigate the complex world of the healthcare business office. Don't miss this opportunity to stay informed, connected, and ahead of the curve!

Original Live Webinar Date: July 23, 2025

Learning Objectives

• Understand the latest updates and changes in national healthcare reimbursement regulations and policies
• Acquire actionable takeaways and strategies for improving revenue cycle performance and financial sustainability in healthcare organizations
• Explore best practices for ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements related to healthcare reimbursement
• Identify key trends and emerging issues impacting finance, rev cycle, and patient-centered care in the healthcare industry

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Research hospitals and other providers face major operational obstacles related to managing grants -- reconciliations, billing, salary allocation and more. These obstacles not only create an administrative burden but also threaten to decrease the pace of innovation. Learn how Mass General Brigham achieved greater agility in grants management with real-time data integration, automated sub-award limits, simplified salary allocations and a custom-built solution for costing adjustments. Original Live Webinar Date: November 6, 2025

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Insurance denials hurt more than revenue, they delay care, frustrate staff, and erode patient trust. Join this expert panel to explore the financial, operational, and patient experience impacts of denials, and learn actionable strategies to prevent denials before they happen and reduce friction. From front-end fixes to payer collaboration, you’ll gain practical insights and real-world insights from RCM leaders from across the industry that your team can implement today. If you're a revenue cycle or patient access leader, this session will equip you to lead change and partner for better outcomes. 

Original Live Webinar Date: July 15, 2025

Learning Objectives

• Understand why denials happen in the first place—and how to identify high-impact root causes
• Determine front-end strategies and back-end improvements to reduce, and even prevent, denials
• Examine payer insights into the intent behind denials, compliance requirements, and how better communication can improve outcomes
• Apply collaboration tactics that foster better relationships between providers and payers to reduce administrative burden and denial friction

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What's shaping the future of revenue cycle management (RCM)? This session presents key findings from the 2025 Transformative Trends Survey, offering a data-driven look at how healthcare organizations are evolving their RCM strategies. Attendees will explore emerging trends, best practices, and how the Revenue Cycle Management Technology Adoption Model (RCMTAM) is being used to align technology investments with financial performance goals. The session will also highlight how organizations are leveraging automation and innovation to meet key performance indicators and strategic objectives in an increasingly complex healthcare environment.

Original Live Webinar Date: November 11, 2025

Learning Objectives

• Interpret the key findings and strategic implications of the 2025 Transformative Trends Survey
• Identify best practices in RCM technology, automation and innovation
• Assess how the RCMTAM framework supports achievement of organizational objectives and KPIs

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As healthcare provider organizations face capacity constraints, margin pressures and workforce retention challenges, finance leaders must identify strategies to achieve financially sustainable growth with limited resources. This peer-to-peer discussion, led by HFMA Fellow Fahd Benjalil, delves into the clinical, financial and strategic value of robotic-assisted surgery. Learn how Sharp objectively evaluates the total cost of care, and discover how to leverage robotic-assisted surgery to grow volume and improve throughput. You'll leave with best practices to optimize your da Vinci robotic-assisted surgery service line for long-term financial sustainability.

Original Live Webinar Date: April 8, 2025

Learning Objectives

• Describe evolving trends and objective evidence related to minimally invasive care and robotic-assisted surgery
• Evaluate the total cost of care and contribution margin by surgical modality
• Identify growth strategies
• Apply best practices to optimize your da Vinci surgery financial strategy and infrastructure

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For many practices, denials and slow A/R are more than just financial setbacks. They create daily stress, drain resources and pull staff away from the work that matters most. Understanding the root causes early can make a measurable difference in both cash flow and operational efficiency. Join this session to learn how to identify and address common denial drivers, shorten A/R cycles and strengthen financial performance without a major system change. You’ll also walk through a real-world example to see how these strategies work in practice.

Original Live Webinar Date: September 23, 2025

Learning Objectives

• Pinpoint common denial root causes
• Reduce A/R days to accelerate cash flow and ease the burden on staff
• Apply proven best practices to improve revenue cycle efficiency

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In an era of razor-thin margins and rising denial rates, automation isn’t just an option—it’s a strategic necessity. But success depends on thoughtful planning, not simply deploying tools. In this session, presenters explore the real-world journey leveraging automation to improve clinical processes at Virginia Women’s Center – a member of the Privia Health Network, including medical record requests and test result updates, to revenue cycle operations such as carrier directory verification and claim screening. Participants will leave with a pragmatic framework for evaluating automation opportunities, lessons learned, and performance benchmarks to guide their own roadmap.

Original Live Webinar Date: November 25, 2025

Learning Objectives

• Identify RCM workflows most suitable for automation
• Understand the key steps and pitfalls in implementing automation projects
• Evaluate success metrics to measure performance and ROI

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Date: Monday, May 5th, 2026, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm (UTC-CDT)

Revenue cycle is no longer just a set of departments or disconnected workflows, it is increasingly a financial operating model that determines how predictably revenue converts to margin. As challenges within the revenue cycle grow, point solutions and labor-scaled models struggle to protect margin at scale. This session explores how leading organizations are rethinking revenue cycle as an orchestrated, AI-enabled system designed to prevent leakage upstream, reduce revenue variance, and improve operating leverage, without adding more fragmented tools or scaling cost linearly with volume. The differentiator is administrative autonomy, meaning the share of revenue cycle work completed end-to-end with minimal human touch.

Speakers

Dr. David Nace Chief Medical Officer Innovaccer		Patrick Leonpacher Senior Vice President - Product Innovaccer

Learning Objectives

• Understand why current revenue cycle models often fail to protect margin as administrative complexity rises
• Determine where revenue leakage is building across denials, underpayments, prior authorization and documentation/coding
• Apply lessons to reduce revenue variance and make financial performance more predictable
• Evaluate automation in a way that improves control, governance and readiness for enterprise scale

CPE Information

• CPE Award Amount: 1.0 (60-minute segment)
• Program Level: Overview
• Program Prerequisite: None
• Advanced Preparation: None
• Delivery Method: Group Internet Based
• Topic: Revenue Cycle Technology
• 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: 26AT16

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