Daily Digest – December 13. Healthcare CFOs Ill-Prepared For Reform; BillingTree Launches Student Loan Rehab Portal

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HEALTHCARE CFOs ILL-PREPARED FOR REFORM, DATA ANALYSIS 

• Fewer than 10% of CFOs at healthcare organizations feel they are leveraging their data enough to make important strategic decisions and only 14% are prepared to manage the financial impact of any healthcare reform next year, according to a survey. The top initiatives for healthcare organizations next year are: operational budgeting and forecasting, reporting and analysis to supper decision making, cost containment and efficiency, and capital planning and tracking.

BILLINGTREE LAUNCHES STUDENT LOAN REHABILITATION PORTAL

• BillingTree has announced the creation of the myPayrazr Portal Student Loan Rehab, a tool to help collection agencies streamline student loan collections by creating affordable automated payment plans and then accepting payments online until the loan is rehabilitated.

MORE CONSUMERS EXPECTING TO MISS DEBT PAYMENTS: REPORT

• The percentage of households expecting to miss a debt payment in the next three months reached its highest point in nearly three years, according to data released yesterday by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Exacerbating the trend is that fewer consumers expect their incomes to increase, a trend that started in August.

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