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Product Spotlight: Revenue Cycle Management

 Chip Means September 02, 2009
Revenue cycle management is one of the largest and most significant healthcare product categories in the age of stimulus fund, pay for performance and self-pay models. Our September 2009 issue provides an overview of the trends and products shaping RCM.
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Debt collection balances mission and margin

 John Andrews August 31, 2009
PURSUING OVERDUE BILL PAYMENTS from ordinary people in a severe recession is tantamount to walking through a public relations minefield for healthcare providers. With all the amplified rhetoric in the healthcare reform debate over the high cost of healthcare and how regular citizens are financial victims of a broken system, it’s easy for providers to be cast as the villains.
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HealthPort files plan for IPO, eyeing success in ROI market

 Eric Wicklund August 31, 2009
Less than a year after merging with its biggest competitor, HealthPort has filed plans for a $100 million initial public offering of stock.
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Metavante sees success in its provider portal

 Eric Wicklund August 31, 2009
With the advent of new technology, healthcare providers are taking a closer look at their accounts receivable practices. What had traditionally been a back-end process is now being pushed to the front, allowing providers to arrange for and secure payment before the patient leaves the office.
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E-invoicing gets a boost with OB10

 Eric Wicklund August 31, 2009
Not all healthcare IT innovations concern patient care – an important fact to consider when providers are looking to streamline costs.
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Senate, House eye merits of value-based insurance design

 Patty Enrado August 31, 2009
Both the House and Senate are incorporating value-based insurance design elements into their health insurance reform bills.
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State high-risk pools hope for more CMS grants

 Patty Enrado August 31, 2009
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will be awarding high-risk pool grants this month to states looking to cover operational losses and fund disease management and other programs.
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Health plans look to combat obesity

Patty Enrado August 31, 2009
According to a new study, obesity comprises 9.1 percent of all medical spending in the United States, up from 6.5 percent in 1998.
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Chicago likely to further consolidate physician networks

 Chelsey Ledue August 31, 2009
While the Chicago medical community is more consolidated than most large cities, the physician segment is likely to contract even more in the future, reports HealthLeaders-InterStudy.
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Social networks may boost transition to medical homes

 Chelsey Ledue August 31, 2009
Social networking sites are usually taboo in the workplace, but the launch of Delta-Exchange could encourage their use in the physician’s office.
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Current DME bidding may mean bad news for seniors

 Chelsey Ledue August 31, 2009
While the Medicare competitive bidding program is set to restart in October, a recent study indicates the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services drastically misread the marketplace and that the current competitive bidding program reduces overall competition and hurts the quality of patient care.
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Electronic claims better for doc practices

 Chelsey Ledue August 31, 2009
Some physicians are afraid or unable to switch to electronic claims submission, while others are worried about the cost. Office Ally hopes to ease that burden by offering a free clearinghouse service to physicians. All revenues come from insurance companies and IPAs. Internet access is all it takes to participate.
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Study: How to reform Medicaid DSH program

 Richard Pizzi August 31, 2009
In a paper published recently in the journal Health Affairs, health policy researchers are proposing a new method of allocating Medicaid disproportionate-share hospital payments.
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Navigating the Medicare RAC process: Five tips

 Richard Pizzi August 31, 2009
With the nationwide rollout of the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program under way, it’s crucial that hospitals and health systems act now to prepare for the process so that they don’t find themselves scrambling to meet requirements.
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Study names top 10 systems

 Richard Pizzi August 31, 2009
The research and consulting firm Thomson Reuters has released a benchmarking study identifying the top 10 U.S. health systems based on their hospitals’ clinical performance.
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Value-based purchasing aids safety net hospitals

 Bernie Monegain August 31, 2009
New analysis shows that safety net hospitals have improved patient care through a nationwide value-based purchasing demonstration project.
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NewsMaker Interview: Edward Chadwick

 Healthcare Finance News Staff August 28, 2009
Edward Chadwick is chief financial officer at Wake Forest Baptist University Medical Center (Winston-Salem, N.C.)
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Healthcare debate fatally flawed

 Healthcare Finance News Staff August 28, 2009
Commentary by John Toussaint, MD, president of the ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value and Dan Ariens, president of Ariens, Inc.
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Is the recession over for U.S. hospitals?

 Richard Pizzi August 28, 2009
Editorial by Editor Richard Pizzi
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Staffing agencies hold their own during recession

 Chelsey Ledue August 28, 2009
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