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Articles in April, 2008 issue of Healthcare Financial Management

• Information management why it's vital to effective service line operation: without a coherent information strategy supporting the service line, financial pitfalls will destroy even the most well-conceived plan
  by John King
• Health reform and payment trends don't wait for politicians
  by Jeffrey C. Bauer
• The future of the healthcare supply chain: suppliers wield considerable power, but healthcare organizations can benefit from virtual centralization of the supply chain
  by Jeff Parker
• … The physician fee schedule final rule for FY08 specifies various changes in comprehensive outpatient rehabilitation facility policy
• J. D. Epstein, JD
• Strategy and the Fat Smoker: Doing What's Obvious, But Not Easy
  by Paul L. Shillam
• Consumers want major changes in healthcare design, delivery: survey
• Long-term care makes up an increasing portion of Medicare inpatient admissions
• Todd Campbell, CPA
• … By means of a proposed rule , CMS would revise and consolidate the criteria and processes for designating medically underserved populations and health professional shortage areas
• Fair market value taking a proactive approach: increased regulatory scrutiny makes accurate and objective valuation of hospital-physician contractual arrangements more important than ever
  by Richard A. Romero
• What would you do? Is it too late to develop a comprehensive community hospital cardiovascular program?
  by Alan M. Zuckerman
• Federal budget critical for states, economy
• Tennessee Gov. Bredesen proposes home-based care plan
• … On Feb. 29, 2008, CMS published in the Federal Register an interim final rule with comment period implementing the continuation of the revisit user fee program for Medicare survey and certification activities
• Jill Buathier
• Hospital groups sue government to stop Medicaid cuts
• Stop the supply chain insanity retail as a model for hospitals: the healthcare industry needs to follow the example of its retail counterparts and implement a product data utility system
  by David A. Belkoski
• Black, Latino children more than 12 times as likely as white children to live in 'double jeopardy,' says study
• Coverage losses continued even as economy improved 2004-06: study
• Mary Ann Brown
• Improving registration accuracy
  by J. Patrick Murphy
• MedPAC lays out a path to bundled payment
• HFMA names regional executives for 2008-09
• Improved documentation: leveraging staff training, benchmarking, technology, and process change for accurate payment
• A team approach to cost containment: how can finance collaborate with clinicians to reduce labor expenses and supply chain costs? Several hospitals share their strategies for success
  by Jeni Williams
• Medicare continues to struggle with physician payment; the challenge of Medicare physician spending continues to be a thorny issue
  by Gail R. Wilensky
• Getting rid of bad debt blues: another option when managing receivables
• Kevin W. Barron, FHFMA, FACHE
• Free falling
• Creating IT agility
  by John Glaser
• Process and outcome: "the world doesn't want to hear about labor pains; it just wants to see the baby."
  by Robert Fromberg
• Transforming the healthcare system a focus on prevention: the U.S. healthcare system can become an effective model that promotes health and prevents disease for all of its citizens
  by William D. Novelli
• Lewis D. Bivona, Jr., CPA, AFE
• Rick Rider
• When it's time to say goodbye: at the start of 2008, I made a major career decision
  by MarieAnn North
• … The Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments regulations require a facility to be appropriately certified for each test performed
• Vendors part of the supply chain solution: the experience of one health system shows that treating vendors as partners can be a key element in a healthcare organization's efforts to control supply costs
  by Al Smith
• … For claims processed on or after July 1, 2008, edits will be implemented to treat as unprocessable competitive acquisition program claims received with inappropriate spaces in prescription order numbers as well as claims with prescription order n
• HFMA's 2008: ANI: The Healthcare Finance Conference
• LTCH rule change affects all hospitals
  by Michael J. Soisson
• Cost imperative: "what would you do if you couldn't cost-shift? What would you do if Medicare prices were the best you could get?"
  by Richard L. Clarke
• CMS regs to wield significant blow to states: report
• Scott I. Raberge, CPAT, CCAE
• Simplified claims cost calculator
  by John R. Thomas
• HFMA publishes special report on leadership
• Together we make a difference: during my year as HFMA chairman, I have had the privilege of traveling throughout the country listening to your hopes, concerns, and stories
  by Mary Beth Briscoe
• National events
• 5 steps to creating a forecast: with the right process and tools, healthcare finance leaders don't need a PhD or a crystal ball to predict the future
  by Doug Stark
• … In the Feb. 22, 2008, issue of the Federal Register, CMS published a final rule establishing a process for Medicare contractors to provide eligible participating physicians and beneficiaries with a determination of coverage relating to medical nec
• Health spending expected to reach $4.3 trillion by 2017: CMS
• Marc A. Baur
• … By means of a final rule , CMS establishes a process for Medicare contractors to provide eligible participating physicians and beneficiaries with a determination of coverage relating to medical necessity for certain physicians' services before the
• States could get more flexibility in redesigning Medicaid
• Harris W. Brooks