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Articles in June, 2003 issue of Healthcare Financial Management

• MCOs must accept any willing provider - State Policy Watch - a U.S. Supreme Court decision rules with states that say managed care organizations must contract with any willing provider
• Quotes of note - Industry Watch
• Investment management: 8 steps to improve performance: to help realize your organization's financial goals, it's important to employ an investment evaluation process based on sound, well-proven economic practices - Cover Story
  by Angelo A. Calvello
• Home sweet deductible home: whether you own a large house on an estate or a condominium in a high-rise building, your home is probably the last great widely available tax shelter - Personal Finance
  by Jim Weil
• Exhibitors List - I-O - Directory - Illustration
• Office of Inspector General - OIG - In Brief - tells the public to not misuse HHS words, symbols, or emblems in marketing - Brief Article
• Health plan enrollment for covered workers - Industry Watch - Brief Article - Illustration
• A line in the sand: the politics of Medicare reform; it took President Bush and coalition troops only 21 days to topple the Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein - Eye On Washington
  by Jeanne Schulte Scott
• The better way - Product/Service Mart
• Wednesday events - Calendar
• New Medicare policy proposed - Policy Watch - Brief Article
• Schaller Anderson, Inc., named one of nation's top 10 fast-growing urban companies - Industry Watch - Brief Article
• Healthcare finance is personal for HFMA's new chairman, David Canfield: hard work, education, people, people, and more people are the passions of HFMA's 2003-04 chairman - Special Section - a profile of Canfield & Associates president David Canfield - Bio
• When to think compliance and when to think opportunity: most healthcare providers have spent a fair amount of time and money on HIPAA's April 14, 2003, privacy standards compliance deadline - Digital Perspectives
  by James J. Moynihan
• Exhibitors List - D-H - Directory - Illustration
• Medicare coverage of positron emission tomography - PET - In Brief - coverage of positron emission tomography will be expanded - Brief Article
• Payers enable patients to rate quality - Industry Watch - Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey introduces services to let members rate the quality of medical care they receive - Brief Article
• Billing project releases newsletter - HFMA News
• Pioneer Credit Recovery, Inc.—leader in the collection of accounts receivable - Product/Service Mart
• Tuesday events - Calendar
• HFMA volunteers: it's personal; June is the beginning of HFMA's fiscal year and represents the changing of the guard for HFMA volunteers. For some, it is a satisfying conclusion to a period of Association leadership - From the President
  by Richard L. Clarke
• Momentum builds for Medicare payments based on quality - Policy Watch - Tommy Thompson meets with hospital executives about Medicare's hospital quality initiative - Brief Article
• HFMA: it's personal - From the Chairman
  by David P. Canfield
• Chapter life members announced - HFMA News
• Building bridges with clinicians: bringing clinicians and ancillary staff up to speed on healthcare financial management can enhance cost-containment efforts - Feature Story - Cover Story
  by Timothy S. Brady
• Calendar - Illustration - Calendar
• Exhibitors List - P-Z - Directory - Illustration
• CMS issues instructions on ICD-9-CM coding under HIPAA - Policy Watch - Brief Article
• Boom in specialty hospitals signals payment discrepancies - Industry Watch - Brief Article
• Congress urged to pass Medicaid DSH bills - HFMA News - HFMA and other healthcare organizations lobby for bills to restore funding to the Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital program - Brief Article
• Extended Business Office Services - Product/Service Mart
• Monday events - Calendar
• ANI offers continuing education - HFMA ANI 2003 Baltimore - the Healthcare Financial Management Association sponsors continuing professional education
• Rule establishes civil money penalty procedures for HIPAA violators - Policy Watch - procedures are established for imposing civil penalties on entities that violate administrative provisions of HIPAA - Brief Article
• Leapfrog updates hospital patient safety survey - Industry Watch - the Leapfrog Group - Brief Article
• Hospitals await final outlier rule - Medicare/Medicaid - the CMS announces a proposed rule to overhaul they payment methodology for outliers
  by Christopher L. Keough
• Tips on transforming an organization: one of the new buzz words in health care is "transformation." This word often is preceded by the words clinical cycle, revenue cycle, or supply chain - Leadership and Management
  by Bruce Hallowell
• Exhibitors List - A-C - Directory - Illustration
• Provider-based status instructions issued - Policy Watch - CMS issues a new program memorandum - Brief Article
• AHA: malpractice tort reforms reduce costs - Industry Watch - the results of an American Hospital Association survey
• Chicago Fed appoints HFMA president to Advisory Council - HFMA News - HFMA president and CEO Richard L. Clarke is named to the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago 2003 Seventh District Advisory Council - Brief Article
• CareTech Solutions, Inc - Product/Service Mart
• HFMA ANI 2003 Baltimore
• Annual National Institute - information on the upcoming conference - Illustration
• JCAHO to conduct unannounced surveys in 2006 - Policy Watch - the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations - Brief Article
• Hospital discharges on the rise - Industry Watch - Brief Article
• EMTALA compliance tips - Business - complying with the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act
  by Lowell C. Brown
• Primary lessons for success: rural primary care networks don't have to be a financial drain. Lessons learned by one organization show how it's possible to use a PCN to expand your customer base and improve service efficiency - PCNs - Feature Story
  by Greg Strahan
• Additional events and options - Calendar
• CMS issues outpatient PPS changes - Policy Watch - changes are implemented for hospital outpatient PPS - Brief Article
• Hospital M&A activity falls in 2002 - Industry Watch - mergers and acquisitions - Brief Article
• Patient Friendly Billing nationally recognized - HFMA News - HFMA is added to the 2003 Associations Advance America Honor Roll for its role with the Patient Friendly Billing project - Brief Article
• "We're just what the hospital ordered" - Product/Service Mart
• Sunday events - Calendar
• Map out a customized educational program for yourself through eight program tracks - HFMA ANI 2003 Baltimore