Healthcare Financial Management (HFM) Article Awards

HFMA presents the Helen M. Yerger/L. Vann Seawell award(s) for the best HFM journal articles. The award is named for two persons who have contributed greatly to Association service and to HFMA’s publishing efforts.

Helen M. Yerger was secretary/treasurer of the Association in 1949. Yerger, who died in 1965, has been called the “founding mother” of the Association. Her volunteer efforts in the early days of HFMA helped to manage the Association and build membership.

L. Vann Seawell, professor of accounting, the Graduate School of Business, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, is the author of many textbooks and literature in healthcare finance.

This award was established in 1983 to honor authors with a certificate for their special contributions to professional literature and for their skills in writing and research.

Each year a select judging committee named by HFMA’s Chairman reviews and evaluates all HFM feature articles published in the most recent membership year and selects the winners. Results are announced in June.