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Battle building over healthcare reform

 Diana Manos July 02, 2009
Congressional leaders have promised President Barack Obama they will come up with a comprehensive healthcare reform bill by Oct. 1, and as Congressional panels and party leaders began their campaigns in earnest, the heat on both sides of the aisle is mounting.
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Product Spotlight: Supply chain management

 Chip Means May 28, 2009
In the June 2009 issue of Healthcare Finance News, we took a hard look at supply chain management systems in the healthcare market.
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CMS: ‘Value’ proposition puts onus on hospitals

 John Andrews May 27, 2009
Take heed, hospital administrators - Uncle Sam is watching. Because the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is getting pickier about what it pays for in the acute care setting, the agency is looking inside the hospital to find claim denials.
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ClaimTrust builds RCM to a full-service platform

 Eric Wicklund May 27, 2009
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Emdeon targets fraud with Sentinel deal

 Eric Wicklund May 27, 2009
Emdeon is taking on the dark side of healthcare finance. The Nashville-based provider of revenue and payment cycle solutions is targeting the billions of dollars lost each year in healthcare fraud by acquiring The Sentinel Group, a developer of data analytics solutions and technology designed to ferret out healthcare fraud and abuses.
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Accessing healthcare from home

 Eric Wicklund May 27, 2009
Americans waste millions of dollars a year seeking healthcare in the wrong places. The “right place,” on the other hand, just might be the home computer. That’s the philosophy behind American Well, a Boston-based company that has created on Online Healthcare Marketplace, where patients can interact with physicians for quick and convenient medical consults.
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Competitive bidding system could mean the end of MA

 Chelsey Ledue May 27, 2009
Among the many issues facing Congress in its efforts to reform the American healthcare system is the future of Medicare Advantage.
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Medicare Advantage comes under more scrutiny

 Diana Manos May 27, 2009
Private health insurance plans serving Medicare beneficiaries will be paid $11.4 billion more in 2009 than the traditional Medicare fee-for-service program, a new Commonwealth Fund study finds.
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ANI’s message: Payers aren’t alone

 Chelsey Ledue May 27, 2009
The Healthcare Financial Management Association’s ANI: The Healthcare Finance Conference may be geared toward providers, but some of the education sessions in this month’s conference in Seattle may coax them towork more closely with the payer population.
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Many groups aiming to snuff HME Medicaid Fraud

 Chelsey Ledue May 27, 2009
The Senate Special Committee on Aging held a hearing in early May to discuss Medicare and Medicaid waste, fraud, and abuse.
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Medicaid physician fees grew 15 percent in five years

 Chelsey Ledue May 27, 2009
Medicaid physician fees rose 15.1 percent between 2003 and 2008, closing a portion of the gap with Medicare physician payment rates, according to a study by the Urban Institute.
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ANI addresses rural health clinic concerns

 Chelsey Ledue May 27, 2009
Small and rural clinics are facing huge problems with reimbursement this year, especially with the nation in a recession.
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AHA: Include hospital bonds in municipal securities legislation

 Richard Pizzi May 27, 2009
The American Hospital Association has urged the House Financial Services Committee to include tax-exempt hospital bonds in any legislation to help the municipal securities market.
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Rainmakers help fundraising during recession

 Richard Pizzi May 27, 2009
As the current recession deepened, high performing philanthropic fundraisers in charge of major gifts and planned giving programs were the most effective and efficient rain-makers for health systems.
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Hospitals see benefits to affiliation during downturn

 Diana Manos May 27, 2009
A new survey by Noblis Health Innovation found nearly a third of hospitals surveyed are “much more interested” in affiliation than a year ago.
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Community benefit under fire

 Richard Pizzi May 27, 2009
Pressured by an economy in crisis, state budget cuts and questions about community benefit, hospitals across the country are stressing the value they provide to their regions.
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Leaders seek insight at 2009 ANI

 Richard Pizzi May 27, 2009
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Newsmaker Interview: Drew Swiss

 Healthcare Finance News Staff May 27, 2009
Newsmaker Interview: Drew Swiss, Vice President of Finance, Montefiore Medical System (Bronx, N.Y.)
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Preventing Medicare fee clawbacks

 Healthcare Finance News Staff May 27, 2009
Commentary: John K. Dugan, partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
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Legislators: Don’t fiddle while Rome burns

 Richard Pizzi May 27, 2009
June Editorial: Richard Pizzi, Editor
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