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Industry Newsbriefs

 Healthcare Finance News Staff October 24, 2007
Senate issues bill to block home health cuts Sens. Susan Collins (R-Me.) and Robert Casey (D-Pa.) have introduced legislation to prevent the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service...
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Survey contends 20 percent of NPI data is inaccurate

 Fred Bazzoli October 24, 2007
IRVINE, CA – A recent study of standardized provider identification numbers released by the federal government questions the accuracy of the data associated with those numbers. Some 1...
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Reform's not looking very SCHIP-shape

 Fred Bazzoli October 24, 2007
Here’s juicy reading for a Friday afternoon… I was perusing my e-mail in-box in mid-October when this catchy subject line caught my eye: “CHIP Compromise, Fact vs. Fiction....
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Sharing information is the best hope for healthcare reform

 Healthcare Finance News Staff October 24, 2007
Contributed By Ron Nall It’s amazing how much more efficient a little information sharing can make things. And nowhere is this currently more applicable than in...
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Those doing research must manage billing across domains

 Healthcare Finance News Staff October 24, 2007
Contributed By John McIlwain Many healthcare delivery organizations also conduct clinical research. In fact, this research has become a significant source of revenue f...
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Hospitals seeing a jump in self-pay

 Fred Bazzoli October 24, 2007
CHICAGO – Hospitals are seeing an increase in self-paying customers, increasing the stakes for collections and holding the potential to increase days in accounts receivable. A pane...
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Lean helps facility slim down on inefficiency

 Fred Bazzoli October 24, 2007
VIDALIA, GA – Do process management approaches that work in other industries have an impact in a healthcare environment? Meadows Regional Medical Center has become a believer....
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Selling bad debt can help providers raise cash

 Fred Bazzoli October 24, 2007
CHICAGO – More hospitals are selling uncollectible bad debt to companies that specialize in those efforts. Such debt sales, while only for a small percentage of the value of the...
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Hospital Newsbriefs

 Healthcare Finance News Staff October 24, 2007
MSHA unveils new hospital name, environmental plans Mountain States Health Alliance, Johnson City, Tenn., has announced plans to build an environmentally friendly Franklin Woods Commu...
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Implementation aids workflow examination, efficiency moves

 Fred Bazzoli October 24, 2007
AUGUSTA, ME – The burden of replacing a financial management system turned into an opportunity for MaineGeneral Health. The Augusta, Me.-based healthcare system went...
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Physicians see benefits in EHRs

 Chip Means October 24, 2007
ATLANTA – At a time when reimbursements are low and the threat of an audit looms large, it can be hard for physicians to get paid for the value of their services. Practices that have taken the e...
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CHCs feel crunch of Medicaid documentation

 Chip Means October 24, 2007
WASHINGTON –The House and Senate are considering legislation to ease Medicaid enrollment documentation requirements put into place in July 2006. The requirements are intended to keep illegal imm...
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Cirrus Health automates physician credentialing

 Chip Means October 24, 2007
DALLAS – Cirrus Health has selected a physician credentials verification service in anticipation of increased credentialing requirements for providers. Some 1,100 practitioners in...
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Community Care News Briefs

 Healthcare Finance News Staff October 24, 2007
Committee mulls cutting MA pay to block physician cut The Senate Finance Committee on Oct. 17 further discussed the possibility of curbing payments to insurers managing private Medi...
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Managed care groups turn to PCS

 Patty Enrado October 24, 2007
MEMPHIS, TN – Memphis Managed Care has completed implementing MEDecision’s patient clinical summaries (PCS) as part of its pay-for-performance pilot. “The right way...
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IRS clarification of cafeteria plans raises concerns

 Patty Enrado October 24, 2007
WASHINGTON – A U.S. Treasury Department regulation released in August has clarified tax provisions that allow employees to make contributions toward the cost of individual health plans and pay f...
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Analysts call CDHPs an untapped market

 Patty Enrado October 24, 2007
MINNEAPOLIS – Consumer-directed health plans, or CDHPs, have garnered a lot of attention and growth in the last couple of years, but industry experts say the market is still untapped....
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Calif. payers refine plans for the HMO market

 Patty Enrado October 24, 2007
WOODLAND HILLS, CA – Since Health Net of California launched its Optimizer HMO in May, four employer groups have signed on. Health Net is following a trend in California by i...
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Payer News Briefs

 Healthcare Finance News Staff October 24, 2007
Major payers support Primary Care Collaborative Representatives from seven of the nation’s largest health benefits companies have pledged their support to the Patient-Center...
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OneOncology prepares for first auction

 Healthcare Finance News Staff October 24, 2007
ORLANDO, FL – More than $1 billion worth of drug orders from hundreds of community oncologists across the United States will be offered up for bid on Tuesday, Dec. 11 in the first electronic auc...
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