HFMA Recognizes Ken Kaufman with its Highest Honor, the Richard L. Clarke Board of Directors Award for Contributions to the Healthcare Industry

The Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) yesterday presented Kenneth Kaufman, co-founder and chair of Kaufman Hall, with its highest individual achievement recognition, the Richard L. Clarke Board of Directors Award.

ORLANDO, Fla., June 26, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) yesterday presented Kenneth Kaufman, co-founder and chair of Kaufman Hall, with its highest individual achievement recognition, the Richard L. Clarke Board of Directors Award.

Kaufman Hall chairman Ken Kaufman receives the Richard L. Clarke Board of Directors Award from 2019-20 HFMA National Chair-Elect Tammie L. Galindez, FHFMA, MHA at an award ceremony Tuesday, 6/25 at the 2019 HFMA Conference in Orlando.

Established in 1964, the Richard L. Clarke Board of Directors Award recognizes individuals who make significant, positive contributions to the profession of healthcare finance or the financing of healthcare services.

“I am humbled and honored that HFMA has chosen to recognize my work with this prestigious award,” said Kaufman. “I’d like to express my appreciation to HFMA, my colleagues, and the many healthcare executives across the country who have graciously allowed Kaufman Hall to support the critical mission of providing equitable healthcare to all of America’s 330 million citizens.”

Kaufman was chosen as the 2019 recipient of the Clarke Award based on his longstanding contributions to the healthcare industry. For more than 40 years Kaufman has served as a source of expert guidance and counsel to the healthcare industry. Kaufman and his colleagues developed the industry-standard approach to integrated strategic financial planning. In his hundreds of articles and presentations, Kaufman has establish himself as one of the foremost authorities on healthcare industry change, recently focusing on the effects of disruption and the new business principles of the internet economy.

“Ken is held in the highest regard by leaders in every sector of healthcare, and is clearly one of our thought leaders,” said HFMA President and CEO Joseph J. Fifer, FHFMA, CPA. “He has a singular talent for helping people overcome change resistance, enabling those who learn from him to share that learning with others, thereby helping the entire industry move forward.”

To learn more about the Richard L. Clarke Board of Directors Award and its recognition of Ken Kaufman, please see HFMA’s press release.

About Kaufman Hall

Kaufman Hall provides a unique combination of software, management consulting and data solutions to help society’s foundational institutions to realize sustained success amid changing market conditions. Since 1985, Kaufman Hall has been a trusted advisor to boards and executive management teams, helping them incorporate proven methods, rigorous analytics and industry-leading solutions into their strategic planning and financial management processes, with a focus on achieving their most challenging goals.

Kaufman Hall services use a rigorous, disciplined, and structured approach that is based on the principles of corporate finance. The breadth and integration of Kaufman Hall advisory services are unparalleled, encompassing strategy; financial and capital planning; cost transformation; treasury and capital markets management; and mergers, acquisitions, partnerships, and joint ventures.

Kaufman Hall software includes the Axiom Software Suite, providing sophisticated, flexible performance management solutions that empower finance professionals to analyze results, model the future, and optimize organizational decision making. Solutions for long-range planning, budgeting and forecasting, performance reporting, capital planning, and cost accounting deliver decision support, reporting, and analytics within an integrated software platform. Kaufman Hall’s Clinical Analytics empower healthcare organizations with clinical benchmarks, data, and analytics to provide a higher quality of care for optimized performance and improved patient outcomes.

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