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Articles in March, 2005 issue of Healthcare Financial Management

• Physicians doubt error-reduction interventions
• Olga Grullon
• Billing requirements clarified for critical access hospitals
• 25 percent of TennCare enrollees cut; child coverage preserved
• Policies and practices for uninsured patients practical strategies: the number of uninsured patients is growing. What can you do to help your organization address this issue?
  by Carole J. Bolster
• Mastering the Complex Sale: How to Compete and Win When the Stakes Are High!
  by Anthony Cooper
• Daniel Schulte, CHFP, MBA
• U.S. hospitals see overall rise in bad debt, but regional differences are striking
• Demystifying the billing process
  by Joyce Zimowski
• HFMA seeks to improve eligibility transmissions
• Healthcare tipping points: two tipping points, cost and quality, promise to forever change the healthcare landscape as we know it
  by George C. Halvorson
• What do the parties' top 10 lists say about health care? Three days after George W. Bush was inaugurated for his second term as president, Senate leaders from both sides of the aisle laid out their 2005 legislative agendas, and while their stated goals mi
  by Jeanne Schulte Scott
• Not-for-profit hospital margins improved in 2004, but credit gap widens
• David Bailey
• Antoinette Cashow
• … CMS has issued clarifications and corrections to its Dec. 1, 2004, inpatient psychiatric facility PPS transmittal, which provided claims processing instructions for the IPF PPS final rule
• Nursing group recommends patient safety improvements
• Niche markets show potential for increased revenue; do niche plays hit the mark? Should we build or buy?
  by Arthur C. Sturm, Jr.
• Health law practitioners: Medicare/Medicaid reform is top priority
• Quotes of note
  by Jeanne Schulte Scott
• Russell Gardner
• Debby Chanen, FHFMA
• CMS creates regional Medicare Advantage PPOs
• Submission of Medicare electronic claims mandatory starting July 1
• … CMS announced that 2005 physician fee schedules posted by carriers prior to Nov. 19, 2004, might be incorrect
• Cutting to the heart of the theory the latest on charity care litigation
  by Frank Fedor
• Daniel Bugarin
• Physician pay-for-performance pilot announced
• States focus on health issues to minimize future healthcare costs
  by Carla I. Plaza
• … CMS has updated the Program Integrity Manual to clarify that contractors must consider all documentation during a medical review, to include information such as physical and occupational therapy evaluations, physicians' letters, other written phys
• Rural physician incomes on par with urban physicians
• Brandon M. Harrison
• Michael Bigelow
• How should we assess the effectiveness of IT performance?
  by Rick Schooler
• Supreme Court casts doubt on U.S. Sentencing Guidelines
• 2004 hospital payment growth slows, home health payments strengthen
• The future of APCs: a look at Medicare's 2005 changes and industry trends
  by Renee S. Leary
• Is the federal government serious about health IT? It was a banner year for health IT. In 2004, the president outlined a plan to ensure that most Americans would have electronic health records within 10 years
  by Randy L. Thomas
• Carolyn Tuttle
• Governors urge Medicaid reform
• Spring seminars visit San Francisco, Alexandria
• Ready for prime time? Make your financial assistance policy a class act: hospitals should feel free to offer uninsured patients discounts or financial assistance to pay for healthcare services; but they also should make sure their financial assistance pol
  by Dennis Barry
• Study: look at U.S. long term care costs
• Patty DeLucas, FHFMA, CFP, CPA
• Domenic Delmonico: on writing and reviewing for hfm
• Opinion editorials in hfm?
  by Marty R. Stango
• Health market changes prompt use of hospitalists across United States
• hfm toolbox
  by Paula Bussard
• Solving the communications breakdown: are your hospital's department heads financially savvy?
  by Larry Scanlan
• Peter R. Najawicz
• State of health care: in his State of the union address, President Bush offered a group of tools, but not a comprehensive solution, for our health system's complex challenges
  by Richard L. Clarke
• … HHS issued a proposed rule in the Feb. 4 Federal Register that would establish standards for electronic prescriptions for Medicare-covered drugs when the new benefit takes effect on Jan. 1, 2006
• JCAHO releases patient safety goals
• Founders conversion process completed
• Are you a master of charge capture? One healthcare organization lost more than $2 million annually because its chargemaster was out of date. In another, the radiation department system was not integrated to the hospital system, resulting in half the charg
  by Bruce Morgan
• Seniors turn to physicians, Medicare, and pharmacists for help with Medicare drug benefit
• Calendar
• MedPAC on specialty hospitals: moratorium and payment change
• Fourth-quarter healthcare employment costs moderate
• Region 8 and 10 offer southwest conference
• Supply and conquer: West Jefferson Medical Center was able to bounce back from a $10 million operating loss by taking an active role in improving its procurement processes and aggressively negotiating with vendors
  by Mark McGinnis
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