Healthcare Financial Management

1. Off to the presidential races: so it's Kerry against Bush. Yes, the...
Already each candidate is attempting to distinguish himself as an effective leader who will deal with the key issues important to Americans. For this race, ...
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2. Coding secondary outpatient services.
Although it has been almost four years since CMS implemented the outpatient PPS and APC payment methodology, many hospitals have yet to fully master the ...
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3. Calendar.
CALENDAR Spring 2004 Seminars Level Seminar 4/21/22 Alexandria, 5/17-20 Va. San Diego Financial Management/Reimbursement 2 Using Activity-Based Information to Enhance Operational Decision-Making 5/19-20 2 Cost ...
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4. Growing pains: the difference between strategic and nonstrategic growth.
Community General Hospital (a fictitious institution) is a 250-bed hospital located at the periphery of a major metropolitan area. Community General's revenues were flat for ...
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5. Using metrics to achieve optimal ROI: every information technology (IT)...
One way to meet this challenge is by employing a disciplined approach to metrics and a benefits-opportunity analysis during the inception of the project, through ...
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6. Reducing your credentialing liability: all too often, healthcare...
As a form of risk management, healthcare financial managers need to know more about the elements of risk and the ways that risk is managed.
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7. Business-office challenges of small and rural hospitals.
All hospitals face tremendous challenges in optimizing their business-office operations these days. Tighter and more complex reimbursement requirements, ongoing human resources shortages, rising HR costs, ...
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8. Managing costs through clinical quality improvement: by employing...
The average cost of hospitalization for a patient on a ventilator is $19,444. Should the patient become dehydrated, however, costs can go up to $50,000.
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9. A new image for long-term care: the professional liability crisis...
Here's a true story. A 93-year-old woman who had been living in a nursing home for five years was admitted to the hospital and died ...
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10. Dividing a trillion-dollar pie; new payment trends, with more than $1...
What's next for healthcare payment methods? This year payments to providers are expected to total $1.5 trillion, or one eighth of the U.S. economy, according ...
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