Welcome to the Resource Guide!

Healthcare Financial Management, Annual, 2004 by Kathleen Gallagher

Dear Healthcare Finance Professional:

HFMA is pleased to present you with the 2004 hfm Resource Guide, an abundant listing of products and services of more than 1,ooo vendors of interest to healthcare financial managers.

With this year's Resource Guide, we have picked up where we left off last year, continuing with the bold new design, expanded listings, and a broad range of information for healthcare finance professionals. The 2004 Resource Guide includes:

* HFMA seminars and conferences

* HFMA chapter contact information and web sites

* Information on what's available at the HFMA Resource Center

* Web sites related to healthcare administration

* Books on healthcare leadership, strategy, and financial management

* Descriptions of HFMA's three ground-breaking newsletters

* HFMA National contact information

* Descriptions of HFMA's Forums

* An introduction to HFMA's Financing the Future project, undertaken in partnership with GE Healthcare Financial Services

* Information about navigating HFMA's web site

This year, we've also introduced a new feature that we hope you will find especially interesting and useful. "Perspectives on the Revenue Cycle" offers the insights of six leading industry experts on the revenue cycle and points you to other HFMA resources that can make the job of managing the revenue cycle easier for you and your organization.

We hope that this special combination of features will make the 2004, Resource Guide an indispensable reference that you will want to keep close at hand throughout the coming year. Also, you will want to check out the on line version of the Resource Guide at www.hfma.org/resoureeguide. (Or simply visit www.hfma.org and click on Publications and then Resource Guide.) This easy-to-use tool lists items by category and lets you search for specific services.

Thank you for your interest in HFMA and for your contribution to the important profession of healthcare financial management. If you have any ideas about how we can continue to improve the Resource Guide, please contact Sharon Malik, the project manager for this issue, at smalik@hfma.org.

Regards,

Kathleen Gallagher

National Advertising Sales Manager

Healthcare Financial Management Association