Healthcare Financial Management

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Articles in Jan, 2003 issue of Healthcare Financial Management

• CIGNA healthcare agrees to settle class-action lawsuit - Industry Scan: In the News
• Region 10 hosts spring conference - HFMA News - Brief Article
• Consultant relationships may pose liability risk - Focus Area: Medicare/Medicaid - tips to help healthcare providers avoid liability for false claims submitted by consultants
  by Gabriel L. Imperato
• Phoenix Baptist Hospital and Medical Center - People - Deborah Bonicelli appointment - Brief Article
• Lafayette Barr & Associates, Inc - People
• APC Pocket Guide 2002 - HFM Book Mart - Brief Article
• CMS issues billing instructions on noncovered miles for ambulance services - Updata - Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Brief Article
• Qualis to study emergency department patient safety - Industry Scan: In the News - Qualis Health receives research contract from Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Brief Article
• Labor shortages spark innovation: an interview with Gerald F. O'Neill - Executive Insights - Holy Family Hospital and Medical Center's senior vice president and CFO - Interview
• The #1 Guide to Performance Appraisals: Doing it Right! - Bookshelf - Book Review
  by John P. de Koff
• Ernst & Young - People - the University of Miami names Dean Cocchi as hospital division director of finance - Brief Article
• Maintenance labor rates up 48 percent - Data Trends
• The value of healthcare IT - Special Advertising Section - determining the value of potential investments in healthcare information technology
• Revenue cycle examined - Viewpoint - Healthcare Financial Management Association's Patient Financial Services Task Force examination of issues surrounding the patient financial services profession discussed
  by Richard L. Clarke
• Bankruptcy of national century casts wide net - Industry Scan: In the News - National Century Financial Enterprises Inc.'s bankruptcy filing affects healthcare companies
• HFMA provides HIPAA resources - HFMA News - Vendor's Role in HIPAA Implementation is a comprehensive document - Brief Article
• Revenue-cycle redesign: honing the details; the healthcare revenue cycle is not about just billing and collections anymore; hospitals require new revenue-cycle processes that focus on the entire patient-flow process
  by Richard W. Laforge
• Baptist Health Centers, Inc - People - Randolph D. Sites appointment - Brief Article
• Tarbell Realtors - People - hres Ray Daitch as an associate - Brief Article
• APC payment manual - HFM Book Mart - Brief Article
• Nursing home quality initiative goes national - Updata - Brief Article
• SSM health care gets first Baldrige winner - Industry Scan: In the News - SSM Health Care System receives Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award - Brief Article
• Health care: whose issue is it, anyway? - FYI - Column
  by Jeanne Schulte Scott
• HIPAA claims compliance options as easy as 1-2-3 - Digital Perspectives - Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
  by James J. Moynihan
• Hospital Resource Management - People - Valerie A. Rinkle appointment - Brief Article
• Inova Health System - People - promotes Cheryl Somers to patients accounts senior manager - Brief Article
• Hospital chargemaster guide 2002 - HFM Book Mart - Brief Article
• Growing future leaders of healthcare finance - Vantage Point
  by Phyllis A. Cowling
• IRS issues 2003 federal withholding amounts and inflation-adjusted tax items - Updata - Internal Revenue Service - Brief Article
• Sign-up begins for HFMA newsletters - HFMA News - Managing the Margin and Executive Insights are being launched - Brief Article
• Case study: an internet answer; providing on-line access to patient billing information can substantially improve receivables performance - Munson Healthcare's usage of technology
  by Serge Mann
• Saratoga Care, Inc - People - Michael J. Wallner appointment - Brief Article
• University of Illinois - People - hires Russell Gardner as contract management system coordinator - Brief Article
• Before you Merge another Hospital - HFM Book Mart - Brief Article
• PPO demonstration start-up almost on track. . demonstration project will start on 1/1/03 - Updata - Medicare's preferred provider organization PPO - Brief Article
• HCA awarded $8.8 million in insurance payment case - Industry Scan: In the News - in an arbitration decision against Humana Medical Plan Inc - Brief Article
• Discover what HFMA Wants You to Know! - HFMA News - Brief Article
• Do your homework on 529 plans - Personal Finance - benefits of 529 college savings plans
  by Ronald J. Paprocki
• The McFaul & Lyons Group, LLC - People - James K. Edler appointment
• Genesis Medical Center - People - hires Kay Marsyla - Brief Article
• Medicare billing compliance guide - HFM Book Mart - subscription service can help keep staff members up-to-date on Medicare hospital billing rules - Brief Article
• CMS recently informed HFMA that the Medicare psychiatric inpatient prospective payment system - In Brief - Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services tells the Healthcare Financial Management Association that proposed rule could be published in the Federa
• CMS clamps down on outlier payments - Updata - Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to prevent excessive Medicare payments - Brief Article
• Physicians less likely to provide charity care - Industry Scan: In the News - data for charity care, treatment of Medicaid patients, uninsured patients - Brief Article
• Evaluating group purchasing organizations - Focus Area: Business - Illustration - Industry Overview
  by Dennis C. Kaldor
• Cutting Costs in the Physician Practice - Bookshelf - Book Review
  by Jack A. Coleman, Jr.
• Western Nephrology - People - Western Nephrology names Richard M. Spears as CEO - Brief Article
• CareTech Solutions, Inc - HFM Product/Service Mart
• CMS proposes amendments to hospice care regulations - Updata - Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Brief Article
• www.iom.edu - Web Sights - provides access to information from the Institute of Medicine - Brief Article
• Regulatory relief effort picks up speed - Updata - Brief Article
• HFMA releases labor analysis paper - HFMA News - Brief Article
• Do you know your business associates? As the April 14 privacy standards compliance deadline approaches, covered entities should make sure their business associate contracts reflect HIPAA's requirements
  by Gerald M. Hinkley
• Summa Health System - People - Richard J. Wisniewski appointment - Brief Article
• Genesis Health System - People - hires Randall Welch as divisional controller - Brief Article
• Pioneer Credit Recovery, Inc.—Leader in the collection of accounts receivable - HFM Product/Service Mart
• DOD publishes FY03 updates to TRICARE DRGs - Updata - Department of Defense has published updates to the TRICARE DRG-based payment system for fiscal year 2003 - Brief Article
• www.naph.org - Web Sights - National Association of Public Hospitals and Health System Web site - Brief Article
• SEC proposes tightening public disclosure guidelines - Updata - Securities and Exchange Commission promotes new rules for company financial disclosures
• HFMA announces 2003-04 board nominees - HFMA News - Brief Article
• Exploring HIPAA revenue-cycle opportunities - Focus Area: Patient Financial Services - Illustration
  by Bobette M. Gustafson
• Calendar - spring seminars - Calendar
• Bkd, Llp - People - hires Glenn Grigsby as senior consultant - Brief Article
• The better way - HFM Product/Service Mart
• CMS delays physician referral rule compensation requirements - Updata - Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Brief Article
• www.higpa.org - Web Sights - Health Industry Group Purchasing Association web site - Brief Article
• Senate clears way for new Department of Homeland Security - Updata - Homeland Security Act of 2002 establishes new government department - Brief Article
• National Alliance announces board - HFMA News - National Alliance for Health Information Technology - Brief Article
• Assembling the HIPAA privacy puzzle: the final privacy rule has given providers needed flexibility but also additional obligations
  by William A. Sarraille
• Decatur General Hospital - People - Prince William Hospital appoints Mary Jane Jobe - Brief Article
• MultiCare Health System - People - hires Carolyn Walker as senior financial analyst - Brief Article
• Infinium for healthcare - HFM Product/Service Mart
• Rate increase proposed for photocopying medical records - Updata - Brief Article
• www.ahrq.gov - Web Sights - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Web site - Brief Article