HFMA MA-RI Chapter

🍂 New Season. New Connections. New HFMA Members! We’re excited to welcome our September 2026 new members to the HFMA MA-RI Chapter! 🎉

View the list: https://blog.ma-ri-hfma.org/2026/10/welcome-new-members-september-2026/

📸 Need a professional headshot?
Attendees of the HFMA MA-RI Emerging Healthcare Leaders Summit: Career Glow Up! will have access to FREE professional headshots throughout the morning, giving you a polished new photo to enhance your personal brand and professional presence. Complimentary professional headshots are included as part of the event experience.
Whether you're a student, early-career professional, or emerging leader, a professional headshot is a valuable investment in your career. Pair that with a full day of networking, career development, industry insights, and leadership-focused education, and you'll leave with tools to help you stand out and grow.
✨ Update your profile. Expand your network. Glow up your career.
📅 October 23, 2026
📍 Mass General Brigham Assembly Row
👉 Register today: https://web.cvent.com/event/53c243e7-3faa-4360-917e-fe58ccb64c68/summary

📅 The Agenda Is Here!

Planning to attend the HFMA MA-RI Chapter & NEHIA Joint Compliance & Internal Audit Conference? The agenda is now available here: https://cvent.me/Va2Lam

With three days of programming, this conference brings together healthcare finance, compliance, and internal audit professionals for timely insights, practical discussions, and opportunities to connect with colleagues across the industry.

📋 Check out the newly published agenda and start planning your time at the conference.

📆 December 2–4, 2026
📍 Mystic Marriott Hotel & Spa | Groton, CT

Whether you’re already registered or still considering joining us, now is a great time to see what’s in store.

📸 It's Throwback Thursday and we're looking back on our last Emerging Leaders Healthcare Conference! This is always a great event, designed for professionals who are new to the healthcare field, students, and future emerging leaders in healthcare finance and administration.

📢 This year's Emerging Leaders Healthcare Conference will take place on October 23rd at Mass General Brigham Assembly Row in Somerville, MA. This conference features:

- Expert-led sessions on managed care, financial statements, compliance and AI, and revenue cycle;

- Interactive networking breaks & games to connect with peers and mentors

- Career Spotlight Panel featuring leaders who have built dynamic healthcare careers

- Opportunities to learn, share, and grow in a supportive community.

🗓️You can register now by going to https://web.cvent.com/event/53c243e7-3faa-4360-917e-fe58ccb64c68/summary!

📢 Calling all sponsors and exhibitors! Join HFMA Massachusetts-Rhode Island Chapter on January 20-21, 2027, at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, MA, for one of New England's premier healthcare finance events! This is a 2-day conference bringing together revenue cycle, finance, compliance, and healthcare leaders for timely education, meaningful networking, and valuable business connections. It's the perfect opportunity to showcase your organization, strengthen existing relationships, and connect with decision-makers.

❓ What's included?
Many sponsorship opportunities include an exhibit table, giving your company valuable face-to-face access to healthcare finance professionals throughout the conference. The exhibit hall is intentionally designed to encourage meaningful interaction between exhibitors and attendees, with dedicated networking opportunities and engaging activities that drive traffic to exhibitor tables. From educational session breaks to the Cocktail Receptions, you'll have multiple opportunities to build relationships, showcase your solutions, and connect with prospective clients and partners.

💻 Reserve Your Spot Today! Exhibit tables and sponsorship opportunities are limited and sell quickly! Don't miss this opportunity to put your organization in front of healthcare finance professionals from across Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Register today to secure your sponsorship and exhibit space before they are gone. Just go to https://web.cvent.com/event/2dfe7542-c403-486d-b9fc-c91c1c6467b8/summary to sign up!

📣 Let's try this again! As you may already know, due to the weather, we had to cancel the Summer Golf Tournament, but don't put those clubs away just yet—we've secured a rain date!

📆 Our new tournament date is Tuesday, October 27, 2026.
8:30 AM Registration and Warm-up
10:00 AM Shot Gun Start; Scramble Format
3:00 PM Reception and Dinner

🏌‍♀️ Were you already registered for the summer golf tournament? If so, your registration and payment will automatically transfer to the new date. If you're unable to attend on the new date, please let us know.

🖥️ Are you interested in joining us for the new date of the golf tournament? Just go to https://web.cvent.com/event/a3317a96-a7d0-4b38-8b31-efd248fc3407/summary to secure your space!

⛳ We hope you'll be able to join us for what we know will be a great day of golf, networking, and friendly competition. We appreciate your understanding and flexibility as we worked through the weather, and we're looking forward to seeing everyone back on the course!

📢 Sponsorship & Exhibitor Opportunities are Now Available for the New England Healthcare Internal Auditors (NEHIA) & HFMA Massachusetts-Rhode Island Chapter Compliance & Internal Audit Conference!

💡 For those who don't know, this is our popular three-day educational conference, co-hosted with NEHIA, that will take place December 2nd-4th at the Mystic Marriott in Groton, CT.

ℹ️ This conference features leading experts in healthcare compliance, privacy, security, and internal auditing. It offers attendees of all levels the chance to learn directly from industry leaders, gain practical insights, and explore best practices shaping today’s healthcare environment. Along with delivering affordable, high-quality sessions that qualify for CPE credits, NEHIA and HFMA MA-RI are committed to fostering connections among participants—building a collaborative and supportive community of healthcare professionals across New England. Consider participating as a sponsor, exhibitor, or both - the prospectus and application are available here: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7495804295716585472

📸 We're throwing it back to our last Revenue Cycle and Finance Conference (do you see yourself in any photos?) and we can't wait for the next one in 2027!

🏈 We'll be back at Gillette Stadium January 20th & 21st and we have a lot of amazing speakers in the works. With sessions that focus on actionable education, practical strategies, and real-world solutions that you can bring back and immediately apply within your organization, this is one conference you don't want to miss!

🗓️Have you marked your calendar? January 20-21st for the 2027 MA-RI HFMA Revenue Cycle and Finance Conference: Collaboration. Innovation. Impact. Registration coming soon!

🗓️It's coming: 2027 MA-RI HFMA Revenue Cycle and Finance Conference: Collaboration. Innovation. Impact. Mark January 20th & 21st on your calendar and join us for a conference that focuses on actionable education, practical strategies, and real-world solutions that you can bring back and immediately apply within your organization. Connect with healthcare finance and revenue cycle professionals, exchange ideas, and gain meaningful insights designed to improve performance and drive measurable impact.

Today we're featuring the speakers that will be presenting the HFMA Massachusetts-Rhode Island Chapter's "Compliance Hot Topic Webinar: Fraud, Waste & Abuse" on September 24th. First up we have Jonathan Porter, Partner at Husch Blackwell, and a former federal prosecutor. Jonathan uses his years of experience to guide clients through the challenges associated with government investigations and regulatory compliance. The bulk of Jonathan's work with the Justice Department was in the area of health care fraud, including investigating False Claims Act allegations of health care providers, and now Jonathan advises health care providers on how to maintain compliance and defend against government investigations. Jonathan also teaches white-collar crime as an adjunct law professor at Mercer University School of Law.

Also on the panel will be Danielle Tangorre, a Partner at Robinson+Cole with extensive experience counseling clinical laboratories, health care providers, behavioral health providers, hospitals, and other healthcare entities to navigate operational and compliance issues and assist with business transactions. Danielle advises clients on operational and compliance issues, federal and state fraud and abuse laws, including the Stark law, Anti-Kickback Statute and the Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act (as well as state law counterparts), HIPAA, corporate practice of medicine, reimbursement and billing compliance, and other regulatory matters.

Jane Yoon, a partner in the Litigation practice of Paul Hastings, will also be presenting. Ms. Yoon represents corporate entities and their executives in connection with government and internal investigations into allegations of potential violations of the federal Anti-Kickback Statute, health care fraud, the Food Drug & Cosmetic Act, and the False Claims Act. Prior to joining Paul Hastings, Ms. Yoon was a federal prosecutor for approximately seven years in the Health Care & Government Fraud Unit in the Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey, where she routinely partnered with HHS-OIG, FDAOCI, FBI, IRS, and other federal agencies in the investigation and prosecution of health care fraud, government fraud and complex tax matters.

We are so appreciative of our speakers for sharing their knowledge and expertise for what will surely be an informative webinar on today's evolving FWA landscape. If you want to learn how your healthcare organizations can strengthen their compliance programs to meet increasing federal and state enforcement expectations, register and join us on September 24th. Whether you work in compliance, finance, auditing, revenue cycle, legal, or healthcare operations, this session will provide timely insights and actionable guidance to help your organization navigate today's rapidly changing regulatory environment.

Don't forget, our webinars are FREE for members and only $15 for non-members! Ready to register? Go to https://cvent.me/VEK5L0