Healthcare Financial Management

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Articles in April, 2002 issue of Healthcare Financial Management

• HHS approves plethora of state health program changes - Updata - Department of Health and Human Services - Brief Article
• Moody's outlines top reasons for ratings changes for not-for-profit healthcare segment - In the News - Moody's Investors Service - Brief Article
• IDS-owned practices still losing money - In the News - integrated delivery systems - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included
• Recapitalization of outpatient buildings and medical office buildings - Special Advertising Section - management of hospital-owned buildings - Brief Article
• Internal promotions can enhance PFS strategic success - patient financial services
  by Bobette M. Gustafson
• Glass tube replacement costs on the rise - Data Trends - medical equipment glass - Brief Article - Illustration - Statistical Data Included
• The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has published a user's manual for the home health prospective payment system - CMS - PPS - In Brief - Brief Article
• www.kaisernetwork.org/health_cast/hcast_index.cfm - Web Sights - Kaiser Family Foundation; HealthCasts available on various health-policy topics - Brief Article
• Integrated, automated revenue management for managed care contracts - Managed Care
  by Kent Burckhart
• Achieving results through accountability management - Management Issues - Brief Article - Column
  by Steven Berger
• Grant L. Glines - People - joins Pershing Yoakley and Associates - Brief Article
• FASB to address certain split-interest agreements of not-for-profit organizations - Updata - Financial Accounting Standards Board - Brief Article
• The Enron effect - View Point - remedies to prevent bankrupticies like Enron Corp.'s - Brief Article - Column
  by Richard L. Clarke
• Health, life insurers' 2001 profits drop 57 percent - In the News - representing more than $11 billion loss - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included
• ANI educational sessions offer diverse learning opportunities - ANI Preview
• Electronic resumes are crucial advancement tools - Career Development
  by Scott Ransom
• Cheryl A. Atkinson - People - named director, Carolinas HealthCare System - Brief Article
• The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is soliciting proposals from providers of disease-management services to participate - CMS - In Brief - Brief Article
• www.gha.org - Web Sights - Georgia Hospital Association; 2001 manpower survey - Brief Article
• Practical considerations for conducting effective billing audits - Business
  by Robert F. Bacon
• CMS establishes new audit requirements, proposes new overpayment rule - Medicare/Medicaid - Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
  by Christopher L. Keough
• Eugene A. Fay - Tony - People
• CMS revises 2002 outpatient PPS rates - Updata - Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Brief Article
• In February, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced that it will expand its coverage of positron emission tomography - CMS - PET - In Brief - Brief Article
• UnitedHealth Group now largest U.S. health insurer - In the News - overtakes Aetna - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included
• The Medicaid managed care grievance process: New protections for beneficiaries
  by Timothy S. Brady
• HIPAA electronic transaction standards: E-commerce or compliance? - Digital Perspectives - Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act - Brief Article
  by James J. Moynihan
• Frank J. Trembulak - People
• Ambulance fee schedule final rule contains major changes - Updata - Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services publishes rule - Brief Article
• Solving the revenue-cycle problem - Vantage Point - Healthcare Financial Management Association meeting - Brief Article
  by Ronald R. Long
• Texas makes medicaid overpayments of $40,070 - In the News - to health maintenance organizations in fiscal year 2000 - Brief Article
• Ani Preview [Special Section][Incomplete]
• Not all charitable contributions are tax deductible - Personal Finance - Brief Article - Column
  by William G. Kistner
• Melissa Manuel - People
• SNF PPS to apply to swing beds - Updata - Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issues guide to converion of swing beds to skilled nursing facility prospective payment system - Brief Article
• Drug coverage, uninsured top state agendas in 2001 - In the News - according to 2001 Survey of Plans from Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association - Brief Article
• HFMA offers new self-paced E-learning opportunities - HFMA News - Healthcare Financial Management Association - Brief Article
• Planning and developing medical office buildings - Special Advertising Section - Brief Article
  by Robert A. Rosenthal
• Calendar: Spring 2002 seminars
• Managing Ethically: An Executive's Guide. . - Bookshelf - book review - Brief Article
  by Michael F. Peters
• The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services staff has advised HFMA that the prospective payment system - CMS - PPS - In Brief - prospective payment system for psychiatric hospitals and distinct units will not be ready as scheduled - Brief Article
• www.asrt.org - Web Sights - American Society of Radiologic Technologists; Workplace Safety issues Survey - Brief Article
• Nelson: Clinical improvements hold key to reducing cost pressures - Executive Insights - Interview with William H. Nelson, president of Intermountain Health Care - Interview
• Optimize APC revenue with process-oriented assessments - Medicare/Medicaid - ambulatory patient classifications
  by Michael S. Kovar
• Dennis P. Hawkins - People - Community Medical Center of Western Illinois Inc - Brief Article
• CMS clarifies ABN policies - Updata - Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, advance beneficiary notices - Brief Article
• Patient satisfaction drops after September 11 attacks - In the News - patient ratings of health care - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included
• Sister M. Gerald Hartney is honored by Modern Healthcare - HFMA News - Health Care Hall of Fame; American College of Healthcare Executives Congress - Brief Article
• Alternative financing offers another source of revenue growth - Special Advertising Section - health care providers who own real estate should put it to work financially - Brief Article
• Erin D. Mobley - People
• Medicare improper payment rate continues to fall - Updata - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included
• www.bcbshealthissues.com/state - Web Sights - notice of online reports about healthcare and insurance issues - Brief Article
• Bush plan for nation's health meets budget reality - FYI - President George W. Bush Medicare plan criticized by Ways and Means chairman
  by Jeanne Schulte Scott
• Successful strategic facility and real estate planning - Special Advertising Section - Brief Article
• David M. Cohn - People - Scripps Health - Brief Article