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Articles in April, 2005 issue of Healthcare Financial Management

• Hospital philanthropy outlook troubled
• 2005-06 regional executives announced
• Understanding statements now a virtual cinch: patient-friendly statements and e-bills join forces
  by Danielle B. Weber
• Mark A. Bogen, CPA
• CMS urges provider action to head off denials
• Louis Galich
• U.S. public divided on EHR privacy risks
• Quotes of note
  by Jeanne Schulte Scott
• Calendar
• Tax-exempt executive compensation, governance come under scrutiny
• Carlos Mendoza
• Americans value prescription drug benefits, but say companies prioritize profits
• Consumer-driven plans gain popularity among employees
• Study: employers look for root causes of healthcare cost inflation
• Strategic supply cost management physician preference without deference: adopting a strategic approach to managing supply chain costs can lead to a productive dialogue between physicians and financial leaders
  by Rand Ballard
• … CMS has published the 2005 updates to the Medicare ambulance fee schedule and ambulance reasonable charge public use file
• Kirk W. Kamien,
• Kimberly Schilling
• Controlling supply costs key to profitability for spinal fusion
• Medicare seniors' access to physician care stabilized
• JupiterResearch: more consumers turn to online health advice
• The growing challenge of Medicare: the Congressional Budget Office projects Medicare spending will grow at an average annual rate of 9 percent over the next 10 years, reaching $766 billion by 2015
  by Gail R. Wilensky
• Taking a new look at the hosted applications model: although it offers many advantages, implementing hosted application solutions is not necessarily for every organization. The pros and cons need to be weighed carefully
  by Jim Quist
• Annexing the neighbor's backyard increasing service area: Doylestown Hospital in Doylestown, Pa., developed a large-scale, innovative ambulatory care center on the southern fringe of its service area
  by Alan M. Zuckerman
• … CMS has changed the calculation of payment-to-cost ratios used to determine transitional corridor payments under the outpatient PPS
• Steven Vance
• ROI on clinical IT systems—beyond the numbers: finance professionals know the importance of determining ROI for significant capital expenditures
  by Richard L. Clarke
• January consumer medical costs increase slightly
• 2005 poverty guidelines published
• A philosophy in PHD: in ancient Greece, Hippocrates taught medicine to his students in the spreading shade of a great planetree. He taught that patients should be the focus of care and that the environment was an important factor in healing
• Harnessing technology to redesign labor cost management reports: labor costs typically represent over 50 percent of a hospital's total operating expenses. Can the data management process be harnessed to create meaningful labor cost management tools?
  by Glen Kazahaya
• Peter J. Avellino
• IRF criteria transmittal addresses status verification
• Robert Ettinger
• Executive Leadership Day focuses on patient safety
• HFMA focus financial billing policies for the uninsured: what can hospitals expect from recent legal developments? Learn more in this discussion featuring Richard Scruggs, Joanne Judge, and Richard Clarke
  by Sarah Norland
• Not another gizmo!
  by John P. Glaser
• CMS proposes competitive bidding for physician-administered drugs
• Ronald W. Holder, Jr., CMPE
• Nancy H. McCarthy
• Dudley Medlock: HFMA can offer unexpected benefits
  by Dudley Medlock
• Hospitals recognize inevitability of EHRs
• Northwest synergy a lesson in effective collaboration: Spokane, Wash.-based Inland Northwest Health Services exemplifies the benefits of effective collaboration between providers operating within the same competitive market
  by John D. Craig
• Carlene Williams
• Who should "fix" the nation's healthcare system?
  by Ted Meroe
• Not-for-profit sector panel makes recommendations
• Harry L. Hutchinson, FHFMA, CPA
• Majority of ED physicians experience violence
• Hospitals discuss financial policies for the uninsured
• Containing costs in the ED: tired of high costs associated with slow patient throughput in the ED? Find out what several hospitals have done to improve their patient flow and optimize department performance
  by Sarah Norland
• Cost management and leadership: the ethical high ground: what comes to mind when you think of cost management?
  by Jim Summers
• Stephen M. Stewart: HFMA gives back multiples
• New Medicare claims appeals process established
• Controlling costs is everyone's job: all of us have experienced the angst of the annual budgeting process
  by Joyce Zimowski
• Bruce Houlihan, CHFP
• Peggy A. Taylor
• Revenue Cycle Conference focuses on operational assessments, technology
• Top 10 questions for rural, community hospital CFOs
  by Robin Bradbury
• Administration outlines Medicaid funding framework
• CMS adds guidance on employer drug benefit subsidy
• Kristina Gursky, CHCS
• HMOs show strong profitability in first half of 2004
• Analyzing your hospital's labor productivity
  by Steven Berger
• Aaron S. Henry
• MedPAC publishes 2006 recommendations to Congress
• Looking for a Medicaid fix: since late 2001, the states' fiscal crises have commanded national media attention and dominated the agenda of state governors and legislators
  by Patrick Johnson
• Gregory M. Hathorne, CHFP, CPA