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May 17, 2008

Discharging Inpatients Before Noon Can Improve Flow of Patients in ED: ACEP

Coordinating the discharge of hospital patients before 12:00 noon can significantly improve the flow of patients in emergency departments (EDs) by making more inpatient beds ava...

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FY08 Inpatient PPS Final Rule Fact Sheet

The hospital inpatient PPS final rule for FY08 builds on changes begun last year to improve the accuracy of Medicare's inpatient hospital payments by using hospital costs, rather than charges, to set rates.
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HFMA Roundtable: Your Communication Strategy for Effective Receivables Management

A key component of handling bad debt accounts is careful communication with the patient during the collection process. This report based on a discussion with healthcare finance executives examining their communication strategies for collecting delinquent receivables.
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Opportunities for Supply chain Improvement

This report summarizes HFMA's 2008 Supply Chain Survey, which surveyed a broad cross-section of senior financial executives and supply chain leaders regarding effective supply chain practices and areas of needed improvement.
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HFMA's 2008 Online Buyers Resource Guide

View hundreds of companies with products and services of use to healthcare finance professionals.

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Healthcare Cost Containment Newsletter

Strategic Financial Planning Newsletter

Revenue Cycle Strategist Newsletter

Business of Caring Newsletter

HFMA Website Quick Polls

Help HFMA by giving us your opinions in our 1-minute polls on Web 2.0, Resource Library Search tools, and the Patient Friendly Billing website.

Leadership - An HFMA Special Report

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HFMA’s ANI 2008: The Healthcare Finance Conference

Tom Peters, the Best-Selling Author and Business Management Consultant, will be a keynote at ANI this year speaking about the road to excellence in Healthcare June 23-26 in Las Vegas!

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Mastering the Revenue Cycle from Key Practices to Clean Claims to Denials Management

Module 2 of HFMA's Revenue Cycle Staff Training Series gives staff the revenue cycle insight they need to do their jobs better managing claims data and working to minimize denials.

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