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Articles in March, 2006 issue of Healthcare Financial Management

• Informing quality health care: quality is the organizing principle for transforming our healthcare system. And the foundation for quality is information
  by Carolyn M. Clancy
• Beatrice Community Hospital and Health Center
• The Ultimate in beach sports
• What's your game plan? The capital markets want to know-really: is it a good idea, in the real world, for hospitals to withhold their long-term strategic plans from prospective investors?
  by Kevin T. Ponton
• Is that all there is? As I listened to President Bush's State of the Union address, and the Democratic response given by Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine, I was remained of the song by Peggy Lee "Is That All There Is?"
  by Richard L. Clarke
• Finding the missing pieces for payment: as hospitals shoulder more than $25 billion in uncompensated care annually, new, automated tools are improving collections by ensuring that each account has the correct patient demographic and financial information
  by Jeni Bell
• Methodist Erath County
• Survey says: road to EHR adoption is long, but commitment is strong
• Marion General Hospital
• Federal Register
• Is the sky falling? A classic children's story tells of the folly of a dear little chicken who insists the sky is falling
  by Ken Mack
• Catholic Healthcare West
• Estimated payment ability an approach to allocating charitable assistance: healthcare providers can save time, expense, and reputation by properly—and fairly—classifying certain payment balances as charitable assistance
  by Robert Hammer
• QHR Strategic Initiatives
• To address Medicare Part D confusion, states take matters into their own hands; CMS heeds call
• Learning the alphabet of healthcare IT: healthcare IT is like a great big bowl of alphabet soup, with three- and four-letter acronyms swimming together in spoonfuls
  by Randy L. Thomas
• Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield
• 45 million uninsured and growing: one reason I enjoy working in the healthcare field is that I can have a powerful effect on people's lives
  by Richard Rodriguez
• Calendar
• To be or not to be : if you choose not to become a participating retail pharmacy under Medicare Part D, you may find it more difficult to get paid for Part D-covered drugs. There's the rub
  by Day Egusquiza
• Kahler Slater Architects, Inc
• CMS
• Trouble at the back end? Look at the front end: if your registration data error rate is high, your front end may need help
  by Richelle Fleischer
• Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital