Healthcare Financial Management

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Articles in Oct, 2001 issue of Healthcare Financial Management

• Public concern over healthcare costs reflected in bias against suing HMOs - In the News - survey results - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included
• The disappearing budget surplus - FYI - Brief Article - Editorial
  by Jeanne Schulte Scott
• From the chairman and president - Healthcare Financial Management Association - Brief Article - Editorial
• States struggle to recover medicaid pharmacy payments from third parties - Updata - Brief Article
• CMS expects drop in medicare HMOs - In the News - U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Brief Article
• Final inpatient rehabilitation PPS rule improves on proposed rule: The final inpatient rehabilitation PPS rule eliminates deficiencies of the proposed PPS rule, but does not completely remove the risk that underpayments will occur - Centers for Medicare a
  by Max Reynolds
• The centers for medicare and medicaid services - In Brief - fee schedules for parenteral and enteral nutrition items, services - Brief Article
• Senate passes workforce legislation - In the News - Rural and Urban Health Care Act of 2001 - Brief Article
• 2001-2002 HFMA leadership directory
• Talent management nurtures future healthcare leaders - Viewpoint - Brief Article
  by Richard L. Clarke
• Former HFMA director Carl Hitchner dies - HFMA News - Healthcare Financial Management Association - Brief Article
• Defined-Benefit coverage creates new PFS challenges - Patient Financial Services - defined-contribution health insurance - Statistical Data Included
  by Bobette M. Gustafson
• CBO reports note medicare-medicaid spending jumps, surplus falls - Updata - Congressional Budget Office - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included
• CHW tightening governance structure - In the News - Catholic Healthcare West to implement new structre - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included
• The final stark II rule: Implications for hospital-physician arrangements: The stark II final rule presents new opportunities and old risks for hospital-physician arrangements - Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services regulations - Statistical Data Inc
  by Daniel H. Melvin
• Cost and price pressures continue to plague healthcare providers - Data Trends - Brief Article
• Sharing contrasting experiences at the U.S./U.K. exchange - Vantage Point - contrast between United States, United Kingdom healthcare systems - Brief Article
  by Ronald R. Long
• HFMA'S principles and practices board gets new chairman, members - HFMA News - Healthcare Financial Management Association - Brief Article
• Court orders CMS to correct dsh payments - Medicare/Medicaid - Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, disproportionate-share hospitals
  by Christopher L. Keough
• Healthcare consumers to pay for hippa - In the News - Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included
• Balitz: Providing a continuum of care is our commitment - Executive Insights - Aileen Balitz - Interview - Statistical Data Included
  by Aileen Balitz
• 2000-01 Accomplishments - Healthcare Financial Management Association's year in review - Statistical Data Included
• OIG says medicare complaint process needs drastic improvement - Updata - Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General - Brief Article
• Health plan problems not usually consumers' fault - In the News - problems more often happen with plan administrators - Brief Article
• Phase I stark II regulations provide some flexibility: CMS calls the stark II final rule a commonsense approach to preventing potentially abusive referrals while recognizing many legitimate financial arrangements - Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Servic
  by Lisa Chase
• Calendar
• New medicaid managed care protections rule offers states greater flexibility - Updata - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included
• URAC approves core quality standards - In the News - Utilization Review Accreditation Commission - Brief Article
• HIPAA compliance readiness assessment: A case study - Integrated Delivery Systems - Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
  by Elaine Callas
• Realizing HIPAA benefits requires organizational change - Digital Perspectives - Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act - Brief Article - Column
  by James J. Moynihan
• Outpatient PPS payments to rise; pass-through payments may fall - Updata - Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services prospective payment system payment regulations - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included
• Nursing home costs rise 150 percent in nine years - In the News - total annual expenses - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included
• Calculating five types of typical underpayments - Managed Care
  by Terri Welter
• People - executive appointments - Brief Article