Healthcare Financial Management

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Articles in August, 2002 issue of Healthcare Financial Management

• CMS has issued audit guidance pertaining to write-offs of small debit balances in patients' accounts receivables - In Brief - Brief Article
• www.mbgh.org/reports/copq-rtcopqhctrpl.pdf - Web Sights - Washington Business Group on Health - Brief Article
• Effective claims denial management enhances revenue: claims denial management has become a critical component of a hospital's strategic effort to offset the adverse impact of Balanced Budget Act payment reductions
  by Jackie Hodges
• Peter J. McCanna - People - Northwestern Memorial Hospital - Brief Article
• Donna W. Hyland - People - named COO at Children's Healthcare - Brief Article
• CMS expands protections for Medicaid managed care enrollees - Updata - Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Brief Article
• Hospitals' image rises - In the News - Harris Poll places hospitals second to banks in customer service - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included
• Let the games begin: healthcare skirmishes and campaign 2002 - FYI - Brief Article
  by Jeanne Schulte Scott
• Using organizational change to reach your technology goals - Digital Perspectives
  by Jack S. Shankman
• Vincent Pryor - People - named CFO of Ingalls Health System - Brief Article
• API helps you manage your most important resources-people, time, and money - HFM Product Mart - Brief Article
• CMS grants deeming authority to AAAHC - Updata - Brief Article
• www.cms.gov/hipaa/hipaa2/ASCAForm.asp - Web Sights - Department of Health and Human Services - Brief Article
• Measuring strategic success - Business
  by Ryan Gish
• Glenn M. Lohrman - People - Hanger Orthopedic Group Inc - Brief Article
• Steven R. Wagoner - People - named CFO of the North Texas Healthcare Network - Brief Article
• HHS releases bioterrorism funds - Updata - Department of Health and Human Services awards grants - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included
• U.S. Supreme Court upholds HMO patient's right to seek an independent second opinion - In the News - Rush Prudential HMO, Inc. v. Moran et al., No. 00-1021 - health maintenance organization - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included
• HFMA honors Frist family - HFMA News - Healthcare Financial Management Association - Brief Article
• Preserving IME payments - Medicare/Medicaid
  by Christopher L. Keough
• Anthony J. Filer - People - named CFO of Provena Health - Brief Article
• Infinium for healthcare - HFM Product Mart - advertisement
• GASB issues guidance for fund-raising foundations - Updata - Brief Article
• Pennsylvania hospitals get financial boost - In the News - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included
• Total cost management drives high performing hospitals - Brief Article
• Disaster planning for treasury management continuity - Treasury Management
  by Judy Bell
• Michael R. D'Agnes - People - appointed secretary of the New Jersery Hospital Association - Brief Article
• UNC, a leader in healthcare executive education - HFM Product Mart - advertisement
• OIG finds almost $100 million inappropriately paid for podiatry services - Updata - Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included
• Humana offers individual health coverage - In the News - Brief Article
• Pursue front-end solutions to revenue cycle problems, urges Davis - Executive Insights
• Calendar
• Gale Stainsby Pileggi - People - named CFO of JPS Health Network - Brief Article
• Providers may soon see an end to the evaluation and management guidelines if the HHS Secretary's Advisory Committee on Regulatory Reform has its way - E&M - In Brief - Brief Article
• www.hcfo.net - Web Sights - Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - Brief Article
• Assessing the cost-effectiveness of provider-based status: large hospitals are finding provider-based status can result in annual six-figure gains
  by Lawrence A. Manson
• Robert E. Landsman - People - Presbyterian Homes - Brief Article
• J. Randall Guyton - People - named vice president of Health Management Advisors - Brief Article
• Reforms to extend VA buying power - Updata - Department of Veterans Affairs contract reforms - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included
• My daughter, the doctor - Viewpoint - physicians agreements with insurance companies to give patient care - Brief Article
  by Richard L. Clarke
• David Timpe receives HFMA's Morgan Award - HFMA News
• Puerto Rican Senate recognizes HFMA, Puerto Rico Chapter
• George A. Semko - People - Tyrone Hospital - Brief Article
• Create a new profit center: Bariatric Surgery - HFM Product Mart - advertisement
• Arthur Andersen, LLP, affirmed that the guilty verdict in its criminal trial in Houston will effectively end the firm's audit practice - In Brief - Brief Article
• www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/health_care/health_care.htm - Web Sights - Department of Justice Health Care Antitrust Division - Brief Article
• Medicare's ambulance fee schedule dispatched: Medicare's new ambulance fee schedule means more revenue for some providers but less for others
  by Paul L. Grimaldi
• Charles J. Pendola - People - MultiPlan Inc - Brief Article
• Profits are up for most U.S. hospitals, but outlook remains dismal for some - Data Trends - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included
• CMS proposes lessening 2003 physician payment reduction - Updata - Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included
• ANI: sharing ideas and experiences to create the future - Vantage Point
  by Phyllis A. Cowling
• Not-for-profit healthcare organizations increase cash, reduce debt to improve financial performance - Industry Scan
  by Carole J. Bolster
• 2002-2003 HFMA Leadership Directory - Healthcare Financial Management Association - Directory - Illustration
• Edward "Mickey" Duke - People - named CEO of Oasis Health System - Brief Article
• Revenue Enhancement Services - HFM Product Mart - advertisement