HFMA’s Voices in Healthcare Finance

After a brief news update, Nick Hut talks with Lauren Remspecher, a senior director with the Purchaser Business Group on Health about the population health benefits of GLP-1s and how employers are covering them. Erika Grotto talks with Kris Brumley, the current president of HFMA's New Mexico Chapter.

FTC Issues Letters Warning Hospitals Against Deceptive Pricing Practices | Federal Trade Commission

GLP-1s spur a new calculation of healthcare value

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.

Nick Hut talks about 2027 Proposed Rules for the Physician Fee Schedule with Katie Gilfillan. Erika Grotto interviews Terry Hush of Roji Health Intelligence about how the healthcare industry can better serve women.

HFMA Senior Editor Erika Grotto shares conversations with three sponsors from HFMA's Annual Conference. This episode includes:

* Adam Cartabiano from Knowtion Health talking about post-claim resolution and AI in the revenue cycle.

* Jessica Gerow from Zelis discussing payment modernization that goes beyond ACH.

* Jeffrey Palmieri and Cindy Clark from Huntington Bank share insights about how treasury can help a healthcare organization's stability in a move to value.

Nick Hut discusses the Medicare OPPS Proposed Rule with Kathy Stull.

Erika Grotto talks with Michael Driscoll of Fidelity Investments about cost saving strategies for employers and with Tracy Monson from Onbe about modernizing the patient financial experience.

Nick Hut talks with HFMA's Kathy Stull about the Medicaid work requirement and 340B developments.

Erika Grotto discusses utilization review with Kevin Coloton, CEO of HURC and HIPAA updates with Jon Bilotti, enterprise technology consultant at BCS365.

HFMA Senior Editor Erika Grotto interviews Ian Turner, interim CEO of HFMA UK, and Catherine Phillips, the UK's association's president for the year.

Also in this episode, Grotto speaks with Chris Severn, founder and CEO of Turquoise Health, about the latest in price transparency.

Nick Hut is joined by HFMA Policy Director Katie Gilfillan to discuss fraud, waste and abuse as well as state-directed Medicaid payments.

Further reading:

CMS Medicaid state-directed payment rule | HFMA

Erika Grotto talks with HFMA senior editor Jeni Williams about her new special report,Hospital of the Future. Nick Hut talks with Kathy Stull, HFMA's senior manager of revenue cycle analytics about prior authorization.

More:

CMS Interoperability and Prior Authorization Final Rule CMS-0057-F | CMS

2026 CMS Interoperability Standards and Prior Authorization for Drugs Proposed Rule | CMS

Health Plans Take Action to Simplify Prior Authorization - AHIP

Nick Hut provides an up-to-date look at the value-based payment model landscape. Erika Grotto talks with Ziad Khoury, MD and Jason McKitrick about the challenges and opportunities in rural health.

Nick Hut and Kathy Stull discuss the latest in healthcare finance news, and Erika Grotto talks with Monica Christmas, MD, about how the healthcare industry can better care for women in perimenopause.

Further reading:

Inpatient Prospective Payment System FY27 proposed rule

CJR-X Model

Nick Hut and Shawn Stack discuss the latest in healthcare finance news. Erika Grotto talks with Jonathan Wiik of FinThrive about how a great patient experience and AI can go together.

Also in this episode, a fond farewell to Shawn as he departs the podcast and HFMA.

Nick Hut and Shawn Stack discuss notable regulatory and legislative developments in price transparency including April 1 enforcement of new requirements.

Nick Hut and Katie Gilfillan discuss a new accountable care organization model on deck for 2027.

Nick and Shawn discuss regulatory changes coming from CMS for the 2027 regulatory season.

Katie Gilfillan discusses a noteworthy new payment model from CMS, and Nick and Shawn review of key healthcare aspects of the FY26 budget bill.