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Articles in Oct, 2002 issue of Healthcare Financial Management

• CMS urges covered entities to file for HIPAA extension - Updata - Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
• The Medicare - In Brief - overpayment, underpayment interest rate is changed to 12.625% - Brief Article
• Leadership development not effective - In the News - healthcare companies - Brief Article
• Resource Center offers new technical documents - HFMA News
• The return of the heart hospital: a hospital that specializes in providing cardiovascular services can meet community needs but will compete with existing community hospitals for market share
  by Robert B. Smith
• United Memorial Health System - People - appoints Jacob J. Spruit, Jr. CFO - Brief Article
• GAO: ICD-9-CM and CPT codes meet HIPAA code set standards - Updata - General Accounting Office, current procedural terminology - Brief Article
• 2001 not-for-profit hospital median ratios remain flat - In the News
• www.healthprivacy.org/usr_doc/Table_of_Contents.pdf - Web Sights - for information on health privacy final rule - Brief Article
• It's the economy, stupid—not health care! - FYI
  by Jeanne Schulte Scott
• Financial and clinical professionals: a clash of values - Management Issues
  by Michael Nowicki
• JFS Management Consulting - People - John F. Sweeney is president - Brief Article
• CBO forecasts large federal budget deficit - Updata - Congressional Budget Office - Brief Article
• The Federal Trade Commission - FTC - In Brief - hospital merger program - Brief Article
• Sutter to invest $50 million in patient safety - In the News - Sutter Health - Brief Article
• HFMA comments on compensation limits - HFMA News
• Are you ready to invest in business development? making a strong investment in business development is one of the best ways for hospitals and health systems to increase their market share and revenue streams
  by Ken E. Mack
• Loria Associates - People - Lance S. Loria is president - Brief Article
• Profit opportunities still exist… in the operating room
• CMS to extend appeal process - Updata - Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Brief Article
• National Alliance for Health Information Technology - Viewpoint
  by Richard L. Clarke
• www.medrecinst.com/media/index.shtml#infoCap - Web Sights - Medical Records Institute web site - Brief Article
• Seattle ANI footage is available on-line - HFMA News
• Optimizing revenue by reducing medical necessity claims denials - Medicare/Medicaid
  by Darren Carter
• Benedictine Hospital - People - appoints Tullia J. Tarallo respiratory care clinical care coordinator - Brief Article
• Long-term care PPS final rule published - Updata - prospective payment system - Brief Article
• The Office of Inspector General - OIG - In Brief - continues examination of Medicare credit balances, bad debts - Brief Article
• Employers trimming health benefits - In the News
• HFM best article award winners 2001-02 - HFMA News
• Strategic planning: looking beyond the next move; financial managers play a central role in linking strategic planning and implementation
  by William L. Bellenfant
• Leland - People - John B. Ennis is healthcare information technology consultant - Brief Article
• Healthcare Financial Management Association & Affiliates - financial information
• HHS launches Medicare PPO option - Updata - Department of Health and Human Services, preferred-provider organizations - Brief Article
• Create the future with responsibility - Vantage Point - restoring reputation of finance profession
  by Phyllis A. Cowling
• www.nahit.or - Web Sights - Brief Article
• HFMA cosponsors Enron book - HFMA News - Brief Article
• Journey to the Frozen Zone: A health plan's recovery after 9/11; communication, cooperation, and persistence helped a health plan resume operations quickly after September 11 - Atlantis Health Plan
  by Paul Cheng, Jr.
• Crosslin, Vaden & Associates - People - names Rhonda W. Sides director, healthcare services - Brief Article
• Single source of help recommended for rural health care - Updata - Brief Article
• Group practices suffer large losses - In the News - Brief Article
• www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/otheract/icd9/abticd10.htm - Web Sights - National Center for Health Statistics web site - Brief Article
• Charting the course to economic vitality - Executive Insights - excerpt of interview with Catholic Healthcare West executive Michael Blaszyk - Interview
• Face sheet data exchanges - Digital Perspectives - complying with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
  by James J. Moynihan
• Crosby Memorial Hospital - People - appoints Bryan N. Stevens CFO - Brief Article
• HHS releases final modifications to HIPAA privacy rule - Updata - Department of Health and Human Services, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act - Brief Article
• The National Uniform Billing Committee - NUBC - In Brief - introduces next-generation standard paper claim - Brief Article
• Humana uses employee debit card - In the News - Brief Article
• HFMA studies HIPPA's impact on banking relationships - HFMA News - Healthcare Financial Management Association, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act - Brief Article
• Identifying and validating managed care data - Managed Care
  by Catherine Sreckovich
• Kpmg Llp - People - Brian R. Wiese - Brief Article
• HFMA 2001-02, Accomplishments - 2001-2002 Annual Report - Healthcare Financial Management Association
• JCAHO proposes solutions to nursing shortage - Updata - Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations - Brief Article
• Medigap premium increases slow in 2002 - In the News - Brief Article
• HFMA President makes 100 most powerful list - HFMA News - Healthcare Financial Management Association, Richard L. Clarke
• Sarbanes-Oxley raises red flag for not-for-profits - Business - impact of Sarbanes-Oxley Act on nonprofit organizations
  by Patrick K. O'Hare
• Putting greater "value" in your organization's PFS operations - Patient Financial Services
  by Bobette M. Gustafson
• Ultrasound transducers: replace or repair? - Data Trends
• OIG: improper reporting, payments follow hospital consolidations - Updata - Office of Inspector General - Brief Article
• HHS predicts growing nurse shortage - In the News - Brief Article
• HFMA develops HIPAA training solutions - HFMA News - Healthcare Financial Management Association, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act - Brief Article
• Who is responsible for business failures? - Business - includes related article
  by William O. Cleverley
• Bkd, Llp - People - Brief Article
• From the Chairman and President - 2001-2002 Annual Report