Healthcare Financial Management articles from June 2007

Healthcare Financial Management archives from June 2007

New crop of payment rules challenges providers in various settings.(Healthcare Spending)
June 1, 2007... Spring may bring new growth throughout the country, but in Washington, D.C., it brought a group of rules designed to control growth of healthcare spending. Recent Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services final and proposed rules detailed...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has given instructions on billing and Medicare fiscal intermediary and carrier systems so that clinics participating under the Frontier Extended Stay Clinic demonstration receive Medicare payment for extended stays authorized by the demonstration.(CMS)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has given instructions on billing and Medicare fiscal intermediary and carrier systems so that clinics participating under the Frontier Extended Stay Clinic demonstration receive Medicare payment...

Section 434 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 established the Frontier Extended Stay Clinic Demonstration Project to test the feasibility of providing extended stay services to remote frontier areas under Medicare payment and regulations.(CMS)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... Section 434 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 established the Frontier Extended Stay Clinic Demonstration Project to test the feasibility of providing extended stay services to remote frontier areas...

Under regulations established for the demonstration, clinics participating under the FESC demonstration will be allowed to keep patients for extended stays of up to 48 hours in situations where weather or other circumstances prevent transfer.(CMS)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... Under regulations established for the demonstration, clinics participating under the FESC demonstration will be allowed to keep patients for extended stays of up to 48 hours in situations where weather or other circumstances prevent transfer....

Under the inpatient psychiatric facility prospective payment system, claims are currently paid based on the date the beneficiary is physically discharged rather than on the date benefits are exhausted.(CMS)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... Under the inpatient psychiatric facility prospective payment system, claims are currently paid based on the date the beneficiary is physically discharged rather than on the date benefits are exhausted. Benefits exhaust when no benefit days...

Effective Dec. 3, 2007, for payment purposes, an IPF discharge occurs when benefits exhaust.(Inflation Protection Fund )(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... Effective Dec. 3, 2007, for payment purposes, an IPF discharge occurs when benefits exhaust. The claim will be paid either on the discharge date if benefits are available or on the benefit exhaust date if the discharge is after the benefit...

Pursuant to section 1847 of the Social Security Act, competitive bidding will be conducted for certain durable medical equipment.(CMS)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... ... Pursuant to section 1847 of the Social Security Act, competitive bidding will be conducted for certain durable medical equipment. Beginning in 2007, in a competitive bidding area, a supplier must be awarded a contract by Medicare to bill...

The DME Medicare administrative contractors will have edits in place indicating which entities are eligible to bill for competitive bid items and the appropriate competitive bid payment amount.(Durable Medical Equipment)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... The DME Medicare administrative contractors will have edits in place indicating which entities are eligible to bill for competitive bid items and the appropriate competitive bid payment amount. All suppliers of competitively bid DME must bill...

Numbers we shouldn't live with.(NEWS WATCH)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... NUMBERS WE SHOULDN'T LIVE WITH: The United States now spends $2.3 trillion per year (or $5.3 billion per day) on health care-more than it spends on food, according to a joint press release from the offices of Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) and...

CMS changes graduate medical education payment policy.(NEWS WATCH)(Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services )(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... CMS has revised Medicare's policies for graduate medical education payments to a teaching hospital when its residents are being trained in a non-hospital site. The revision is in section XII of the final rule for the long-term care hospital...

CMS has issued a proposed rule (Federal Register, May 1, 2007) setting forth the hospice wage index for FY08.(FEDERAL REGISTER)(Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... ... CMS has issued a proposed rule (Federal Register, May 1, 2007) setting forth the hospice wage index for FY08. This proposed rule would also revise the methodology for updating the wage index for rural areas without hospital wage data and...

The proposed hospice wage index would be effective Oct. 1, 2007, through Sept. 30, 2008.(FEDERAL REGISTER)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... The proposed hospice wage index would be effective Oct. 1, 2007, through Sept. 30, 2008. CMS is not proposing any modifications to the hospice wage index methodology, and is using the most current hospital data available. For this proposed...

Payment rates for each of the four levels of care are adjusted annually based on the hospital market basket for that year and are promulgated administratively to allow for sufficient time for system changes and provider notification.(FEDERAL REGISTER)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... Payment rates for each of the four levels of care are adjusted annually based on the hospital market basket for that year and are promulgated administratively to allow for sufficient time for system changes and provider notification. To allow...

The CMS impact analysis compared hospice payments using the FY07 wage index with the estimated payments using the FY08 wage index.(FEDERAL REGISTER)(Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services )(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... The CMS impact analysis compared hospice payments using the FY07 wage index with the estimated payments using the FY08 wage index. CMS estimated that total hospice payments will effectively be budget neutral with a negligible decrease from FY07...

Loud and clear.(NEWS WATCH)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... * LOUD AND CLEAR: Three-quarters of U.S. employees would prefer to receive health benefits through their employer rather than additional salary to purchase their own, and six in 10 would oppose having their employer's contribution to their...

Hospital groups speak out against inpatient PPS proposed rule.(prospective payment systems)
June 1, 2007... Medicare cuts in the FY08 inpatient PPS proposed rule "would weaken hospitals' ability to provide needed services," says a letter to CMS Acting Administrator Leslie V. Norwalk from the American Hospital Association and five other national...

CMS announces policy and payment changes for long-term care hospitals.(Quick Hits: Top News Stories of the Month)(Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services )(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has issued a final rule under which Medicare total payments to long-term care hospitals are expected to exceed $4 billion for rate year 2008. The rule is designed to ensure appropriate payment for...

CMS proposes payment, policy changes for inpatient rehabilitation facilities.(Quick Hits: Top News Stories of the Month)(Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... CMS has issued a proposed rule for the inpatient rehabilitation facility prospective payment system that is estimated to increase Medicare payments in FY08 by approximately $150 million. The proposed rule would continue the existing phasein to...

Hospital groups speak out against inpatient PPS proposed rule.(prospective payment systems )(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... Medicare cuts in the FY08 inpatient prospective payment system proposed rule "would weaken hospitals' ability to provide needed services," says a letter to CMS Acting Administrator Leslie V. Norwalk from the American Hospital Association and...

HHS veteran nominated as CMS administrator.(Quick Hits: Top News Stories of the Month)(Health and Human Services)(Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... President Bush has nominated Kerry N. Weems, a 24 -year veteran of the Department of Health and Human Services, to be administrator of CMS. Currently, Weems is deputy chief of staff to HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt. Previously, Weems was acting...

CMS proposes increase in Medicare payments to skilled nursing facilities.(Quick Hits: Top News Stories of the Month)(Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services )(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... Medicare payments to skilled nursing facilities would increase by an estimated $690 million in FY08, according to a proposed rule issued by CMS. The 3.3 percent increase would affect payment rates to nursing facilities that furnish certain...

CMS estimates $140 million increase in home health payments.(Quick Hits: Top News Stories of the Month)(Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services )(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... CMS has issued a proposed rule for home health that contains the first refinements to the Medicare home health prospective payment system since 2000 and also contains the annual update to the Medicare home health PPS payment rates of 2.9...

Destination: Paradise: Victoria Morgan has traveled the world, sailing on 80 cruises in 20 years.(Member Spotlight)
June 1, 2007... Victoria Morgan has photographed the temples of Bali, the churches of St. Petersburg, glaciers in Alaska, and the islands of the Caribbean Sea. Morgan, FHFMA, a member of HFMA's Southern California Chapter and a Region 11 executive leader,...

Satisfaction with Patient Accounting Systems low.(20 Years Ago Today in hfm)
June 1, 2007... Twenty years ago, if you were to ask the average finance executive how satisfied he or she was with the performance of patient accounting systems, the answer would have been, "Not very." Back then, a number of factors contributed to finance...

What's the buzz about? Bees shut down Arkansas ED.(emergency departments shut down their services for some time due to ambulance traffic till the bess were removed from the area)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... An Arkansas emergency department was forced to divert its ambulance traffic for two hours last month alter 7,000 bees clustered near the ED entrance. No walk-in patients were treated for bee stings, but physicians for the University of...

Overheard.(United States's growing health care costs)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... "Without change, rising costs will drive government spending to unprecedented levels, consume nearly all projected federal revenues, and threaten America's future prosperity." --U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, on the 2007 trustee...

What's new on our web sites.(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... HFMA's Annual Real Estate, Design, and Construction Review, See "Resource Library," then "Accounting/Finance," then "Capital Finance," and click on the title of the document. HFMA's Financing the Future III--Healthcare Payment: Goals,...

How national health care can work.(Letter to the editor)
June 1, 2007... The procedures and formula for national health care are already in place. Our Medicare offices handle every aspect of the processing of claims. Patients have the ability to choose any physician they can get. The 80 percent/20 percent payment...

Make a difference: I started out as a go-by-the-book healthcare financial manager.(FROM THE CHAIRMAN)(Column)
June 1, 2007... I was all business. That is, until I learned that healthcare finance involves not only balancing expenses and revenues, but also helping others. Behind every hospital financial statement are real people. As healthcare financial managers,...

Get members. Educate. Have fun. Joe Fifer, HFMA's 2006-07 Chairman, stood on stage and spoke, but no one was listening.(FROM THE EDITOR)(Editorial)
June 1, 2007... Joe was attempting to open the 2007 Leadership Training Conference--the annual event to support HFMA's chapter officers. About 500 people were in the ballroom. Joe is a strong presence and a strong speaker. When he talks, people usually do a...

Business of Caring newsletter named "Publication of the Year".(HFMA NEWS)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... The Business of Caring, co-published by HFMA and the American Organization of Nurse Executives, recently won top honors from the American Society of Healthcare Publication Editors, receiving "Publication of the Year, Newsletter Division" and...

HFMA's P&P Board celebrates anniversary of first published statement.(HFMA NEWS)
June 1, 2007... HFMA's Principles and Practices Board will mark the 30th anniversary of its first PaP Board Statement this month with a celebration for current and former PaP Board members at this year's Annual National Institute, June 24-27 in San Diego. ...

Provider tips for moving to electronic payment receipt and reconciliation.(hfma roundtable)(Discussion)
June 1, 2007... Highly fragmented manual processes for posting and reconciling payments generate significant administrative costs and fees for providers. Transitioning these paper-based processes to electronic ones has the potential to save as much as $35...

Medicare warming: the severity-adjusted DRG proposal: it's shaping up to be a long hot summer, particularly for hospital providers.(diagnosis-related groups)
June 1, 2007... That really shouldn't come as a surprise--because year after year, the release by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services of the proposed inpatient prospective payment system rule has tended to heat things up for providers. But with this...

Convenient medical clinics: reshaping the healthcare landscape.(BUSINESS TRENDS)
June 1, 2007... Make way for one of the fastest growing trends in our country's healthcare industry. Convenient medical clinics are bringing basic, nonemergency, and low-cost medical services to consumers in a convenient one-stop venue. Developed and...

Best practices for improving revenue capture through documentation.(REVENUE CYCLE)
June 1, 2007... What do specificity of diagnosis, clinical significance of abnormal lab tests, and reason for medication or therapy orders have in common? All too often, such vital healthcare information goes undocumented in the medical record. Failure to...

Senator Tom Daschle shift the healthcare burden away from business.(hfm Q & A)(Interview)
June 1, 2007... Rising healthcare costs and the growing number of uninsured are not only proof that the nation's healthcare system is not working, but also a burden to U.S. businesses. If former Sen. Tom Daschle had his druthers, business would get relief from...

Making a difference: Mary Beth Briscoe believes healthcare finance professionals are in a unique position to make a positive impact on the world around them. As HFMA's new chairman, she's encouraging members to use their talents for the good of their organizations, their communities, and their profession.(CHAIRMAN'S PROFILE)
June 1, 2007... Something that has always inspired Mary Beth Briscoe is the ability that an individual has to make a profound difference in someone's life. "We impact people on numerous levels--at home, in our communities, and professionally," says...

10 outsourcing myths that raise your risk: hospitals should be wary of common myths that can cause them to make missteps in developing clinical service outsourcing arrangements.(LEAD STORY)
June 1, 2007... Consider this cautionary tale: Persuaded by the promise of both financial and clinical benefits, Community Hospital contracts with an outsourcing company to provide physician staffing for its emergency department. Everything starts well enough,...

Is your organization's wage index accurate? One study reveals that an incorrect wage index for a single hospital can skew the wage index for an entire labor market area--especially in areas with a small number of hospitals.
June 1, 2007... The relationship between a hospital's average hourly wage and the wage index for its labor market area can be challenging to understand. The methods used by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to calculate the wage index are complex,...

Deficit reduction act gives Medicaid a shot in the arm: an effective compliance program that includes periodic reviews is the best protection against liability for Medicaid and other healthcare fraud.(FEATURE STORY)
June 1, 2007... In early 2006, President Bush signed the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005. The act lives up to its name by cutting Medicaid benefits and several other federal outlays. But it's also designed to launch a frontal assault on Medicaid fraud and abuse....

Making the right long-term prescription for medical equipment financing: ensuring physician satisfaction is paramount for hospital financial executives charged with evaluating new technologies for their organizations. But where should they obtain the information needed for the evaluation?(FEATURE STORY)
June 1, 2007... This CFO was describing the challenge his organization faces from physician demands for the newest, most technologically advanced medical devices available--a challenge exacerbated by market competitive pressures to attract patients and receive...

Medical transcription outsourcing greased lightning? If you plan to outsource your organization's medical transcription, make sure you understand what the outsource firm will--and will not--do for you.(FEATURE STORY)
June 1, 2007... Your organization's medical transcription volume is steadily increasing. Can the organization handle the workload in house, or should it outsource? Choosing to outsource isn't as simple as it may seem. Many factors need to be considered. ...

The rehabilitation of rehab: restoration--or reengineering? With its 2004 changes to the inpatient rehabilitation classification, CMS rocked the rehab world, and the impact is still being felt today.(FEATURE STORY)
June 1, 2007... The root word for rehabilitation means "to restore." Restoration was exactly what the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services had in mind for inpatient rehabilitation when it began to focus on those services in 2002. CMS was responding to...

Procedure costing flexibility.(health care financial management)
June 1, 2007... Accurate procedure costing requires knowledge of procedure-level resource requirements and clinical manager involvement in the costing process. This involvement is relatively straight-forward when determining the costs of basic ancillary...

Missed opportunities: your strategy for correct--and complete--charge capture.(HFMA EDUCATIONAL REPORT)
June 1, 2007... Just about everyone has had the experience of reaching into the pocket of an old jacket or pair of pants to find a handful of change or, even better, a few dollar bills. While the pleasant surprise is often viewed as a mini windfall, the...

Are you experiencing HCPCS revenue loss? Sue Williams, project manager, 3M Consulting Ambulatory Care Services Group, 3M Health Information Systems, Atlanta, describes how failure to include accurate HCPCS descriptions as part of the charge can lead to missed revenue.(Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System)
June 1, 2007... Q The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services states that hospitals must bill units of service for drugs, contrast material, and radioisotopes according to the HCPC description in order to receive appropriate payment. Why is this billing...

How to achieve and sustain excellence: there are seven ways to hardwire excellent outcomes. Do you know what they are?(LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT)
June 1, 2007... Why can some organizations achieve and sustain excellence while others cannot? What makes the difference is one of the most important things the Studer Group has learned in coaching hundreds of organizations over the past eight years. ...

Clinical decision intelligence: improving health care through information: health care is at a crossroads. the cost to provide health care continues to grow with little correlation to improved quality outcomes.(INSIDE IT)
June 1, 2007... As healthcare costs escalate, access to quality healthcare services--particularly for preventive care becomes increasingly problematic for a growing portion of the population. The ability to define, let alone measure, "value" in health...

What would you do? What should this successful, growing system do with its employed physician group?(STRATEGY CHALLENGE)
June 1, 2007... The Problem Southern Health is beginning an update of its strategic plan. Southern Health's employed physician group, one of the three cornerstones of its integrated delivery system, is beset with financial and political challenges....

Declining capacity in acute care hospitals may indicate problems.(DATA TRENDS)
June 1, 2007... From 1997 to 2005, the total number of hospitals that provide acute care services remained relatively constant, with a negligible drop from 5,350 in 1997 to 5,213 in 2005. There was a remarkable shift, however, in the types of hospitals...

Karolyn Broussard.(PEOPLE)
June 1, 2007... Ms. Broussard has been promoted from senior vice president, QHR Consulting Services, Brentwood, Tenn., to president, region 1, QHR Management Services, Brentwood.

Thomas S. Gavinski.(PEOPLE)(appointment of Thomas S. Gavinski)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... Mr. Gavinski has been named vice president, healthcare division, I.C. System, Inc., St. Paul, Minn. Formerly, he was vice president, patient financial services, Allina Hospitals and Clinics Minneapolis.

William N. Apollony.(PEOPLE)
June 1, 2007... Mr. Apollony has been named president, Windsor Healthcare, Hanover, Md. He had been senior vice president, M&T Bank, Baltimore.

Harris Brodsky, LFACHE.(PEOPLE)(appointment of Harris Brodsky)(life Fellowship in the American College of Healthcare Executives)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... Mr. Brodsky, adjunct associate professor of health professions and family studies, Hofstra University, Hempstead, N.Y, has been awarded life Fellowship in the American College of Healthcare Executives.

Russell T. Kopp, CPA.(PEOPLE)
June 1, 2007... Mr. Kopp has been appointed CFO, Network Health, Cambridge, Mass. He had been strategic financial consultant, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston.

Polly A. White, CPA.(PEOPLE)(appointment of Polly A. White)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... Ms. White has been appointed senior vice president, marketing and administrative services, Capital Health Plan, Tallahassee, Fla. Previously, she was financial accounting director, Davita Laboratories, Inc., Deland, Fla.

Kathryn S. Wrazidlo, RHIA.(PEOPLE)(Registered Health Information Administrator)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... Ms. Wrazidlo has joined St. Mary's Duluth Clinic, Duluth, Minn., as director, acute business services. She had been health information manager, Olmsted Medical Center, Rochester, Minn. To have your professional announcement published in...

Welcome to ANI!(management techniques for healthcare financial managers)(Editorial)
June 1, 2007... Dear Friends, On behalf of the HFMA Board of Directors and staff, welcome to ANI 2007 in San Diego. As healthcare finance professionals, we have a unique opportunity to make a difference--to improve health care for patients and their...

Saturday and Sunday events.(PROGRAM GUIDE JUNE 24-27)
June 1, 2007... SATURDAY EVENTS SATURDAY GOLF OUTING 7:00 am-2:00 pm Busses depart from Manchester Grand Hyatt at 7 a.m. HFMA's Saturday Golf Outing will be held at the Riverwalk Golf Club. This event is free to any senior-level provider wishing...

National coaching course descriptions.(PROGRAM GUIDE JUNE 24-27)
June 1, 2007... SATURDAY, JUNE 23 DAY-AT-A-GLANCE 7:00 AN-2:00 PN Saturday Golf Outing 9:00 AM-4:00 PM National Coaching Course: Core Certification Review Session 3:00-6:00 PM Registration SUNDAY, JUNE 24 DAY-AT-A-GLANCE 7:00 AM-8:00 PM...

Preconference seminar descriptions.(PROGRAM GUIDE JUNE 24-27)
June 1, 2007... UNDERSTANDING THE MEDICARE COST REPORT (PCS1) 9 CPES Room30A, SDCC AFTER THIS SESSION, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO: * Complete the Medicare Cost Report effectively, including forms, to ensure correct payments. Understand the new revisions made...

Preconference workshop description.(career guidance for financial managers)
June 1, 2007... ASSESSING YOUR LEADERSHIP STYLE AND MAXIMIZING YOUR INFLUENCE (PCWl) 3.5 CPES Room 31B, SDCC AFTER THIS SESSION, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO: * Understand your leadership strengths and identify opportunities for improvement. * Use...

Monday events.(PROGRAM GUIDE JUNE 24-27)
June 1, 2007... MONDAY EVENTS MONDAY KEYNOTE ADDRESS 8:00-9:30 am Ballroom 20, San Diego Convention Center (SDCC) General Colin Powell, USA (Ret.). has been a powerful leader for most of his life whether commanding military troops, chairing the Joint...

Monday breakout session descriptions.(PROGRAM GUIDE: JUNE 24-27)
June 1, 2007... LEGAL UPDATE 2007 (A01) Room 30AB, SDCC TOPIC AREA Compliance/Legislative AFTER THIS SESSION, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO: * Understand the latest antitrust, fraud and abuse, billing the uninsured, corporate responsibility, privacy,...

Tuesday events.(PROGRAM GUIDE: JUNE 24-27)
June 1, 2007... TUESDAY KEYNOTE ADDRESS 8:00-9:30 am Ballroom 20, San Diego Convention Center (SDCC) As healthcare leaders are finding out, surviving in today's increasingly competitive environment calls for shifting away from "business as usual."...

Tuesday breakout session descriptions.(PROGRAM GUIDE: JUNE 24-27)
June 1, 2007... TUESDAY, JUNE 26 BREAKOUT SESSIONS 10:00-11:45 AM Day-at-a-glance 6:00-7:30 AM Run for the Health of It! 7:00 AM-6:00 PM Registration 7:00-8:00 AM Continental Breakfast 8:00-9:30 AM Tuesday Keynote Address 10:00-11:45...

Wednesday events.(PROGRAM GUIDE: JUNE 24-27)
June 1, 2007... WEDNESDAY KEYNOTE ADDRESS 8:00 to 9:30 am Manchester Ballroom, Manchester Grand Hyatt QUINT STUDER EVIDENCE-BASED LEADERSHIP: USING EVIDENCE TO DRIVE OPERATIONAL, CLINICAL AND FINANCIAL RESULTS Quint Studer is widely recognized for...

Wednesday breakout session descriptions.(health care industry and financial management)
June 1, 2007... WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27 BREAKOUT SESSIONS 10:00-11:45 AM Day-At-A-Glance 7:00 AM-3:30 PM Registration 7:00-8:00 AM Continental Breakfast 8:00-9:30 AM Wednesday Keynote Address 10:00-11:45 AM Breakout Sessions 12:30-1:45 PM...

Idea exchange exhibitors list *.(3M Health Information Systems-PNC/Xpack Network Services)
June 1, 2007... 713 3M Health Information Systems 575 W Murray Boulevard Murray, UT 84123 801-265-4400; Toll Free: 800-367-2447 Fax: 801-265-4556 3mconsultingsolutions@mmm.com; www.3mhis.com 3M Health Information Systems is...

Idea exchange exhibitors list *.(Portfolio Recovery Association-Yost Engineering, Inc.)
June 1, 2007... 109 Portfolio Recovery Associates 140 Corporate Boulevard Norfolk, VA 23502 757-961-3531 jlpaulina@portfoliorecovery.com; www.portfoliorecovery.com Portfolio Recovery Associates, Inc., and its subsidiaries...

Schedule at a glance.(PROGRAM GUIDE: JUNE 24-27)
June 1, 2007... SUNDAY, JUNE 24 PRECONFERENCE SEMINARS 8:00 AM-5:00 PM Understanding the Medicare Cost Report PCS1 Execution Is Everything: Developing and Incorporating Leading Improvement Initiatives at Your Organization PCS2 CFO...

Calendar.
June 1, 2007... NATIONAL EVENTS June 24-27 HFMA's 2007 Annual National Institute San Diego This year's ANI will present three keynote addresses--featuring General Colin Powell, USA (Ret.), Quint Studer, and James Gilmore-and 81 tool-driven education...

Courage to make a difference.(FROM THE PRESIDENT)
June 1, 2007... "You must do the thing you think you cannot do." Joe Filer, HFMA's 2006-07 Chairman, used this quote from Eleanor Roosevelt to encourage all of us to have the courage in leadership to make the right decisions for the right reasons. Mary...