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Articles in Jan 2002 issue of Healthcare Financial Management

• CMS to publicize nursing home quality-of-care data - Updata - Brief Article
• Mergers and acquisitions activity declines in 2001 - In the News - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included
• AMA names new CEO - In the News - American Medical Association names Michael D Maves - Brief Article
• The IRS and the internet: New issues for tax-exempt organizations
  by Gerald M. Griffith
• Significant increases in maintenance labor rates of concern - Data Trends - maintenance labor fees for health care equipment - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included
• Lack of CWF edits leads to overpayments for Postacute Care Transfers - Updata - common working file; Medicare - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included
• First energy star labels awarded to hospitals - In the News - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included
• Outsourcing budgets to rise 30 percent by 2003 - In the News - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included
• Financial analysis projects clear returns from Electronic Medical Records: Demonstrating the economic benefits of an electronic medical record is possible with the input of staff who can identify the technology's benefits - Statistical Data Included
  by Karl F. Schmitt
• McKesson: Empowering Healthcare - report on healthcare supply chain management - Statistical Data Included
• Administrative simplification compliance act - In Brief - approved by House of Representatives - Brief Article
• www.cit.nih.gov/security.html - Web Sights - National Institutes of Health web site offers information security policies and guidelines - Brief Article
• Hospital margins up slightly in 2001 - In the News - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included
• Gainsharing: A cost-reduction strategy that may be back - hospitals regulation aims at helping finances - Statistical Data Included
  by Max Reynolds
• The Department of Justice announced on November 14, 2001, that it recovered $1.6 billion in civil fraud payments in FY01, the highest amount ever recorded in a one-year period - DOJ - In Brief - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included
• www.mclibrary.duke.edu/respub/guides/pda - Web Sights - offers information regarding hardware, software, and handheld devices - Brief Article
• Discussion area participation can earn members founders points - HFMA News
• Mobile Computing acceptance grows as applications evolve - Group Practice Management
  by Louis M. Porn
• CMS has been granted a stay in court proceedings against its current discount-drug-card proposal to allow the agency to investigate issuing a new version of the proposal - In Brief - Brief Article
• www.bcg.com/publications/files/drs_e_health_sept_plus_report.pdf - Web Sights - offers research report - Brief Article
• CFO exchange to examine HIPAA implementation, employee recruitment - HFMA News
• CMS reverses application of payment-reduction factor to Part B inpatient ancillary services - Medicare/Medicaid - Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services law for Medicare B
  by Christopher L. Keough
• OIG announces new guidelines for the imposition of CIAs - Updata - Office of the Inspector General; corporate integrity agreement standards for health care providers - Brief Article
• The time for action is now - Vantage Point - Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services proposes Medicare outpatient prospective payment system rule modifications - Brief Article - Column - Statistical Data Included
• http://medicine.wustl.edu/~wumpi - Web Sights - Washington University School of Medicine web site offers information regarding handheld devices, hardware, and software - Brief Article
• More HFMA chapters donate to September 11 funds - HFMA News - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included
• A customer-friendly revenue cycle improves patient satisfaction, loyalty - Patient Financial Services
  by Bobette M. Gustafson
• CMS boosts outpatient PPS rates 2.3 percent, reduces pass-through payments - Updata - Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, prospective payment system - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included
• A new year brings new challenges and opportunities - Viewpoint - year 2002 healthcare industry forecast - Brief Article - Editorial
• Ground broken for digital hospital - In the News - HealthSouth Corp - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included
• The healthcare crisis is back again - FYI - Statistical Data Included
  by Jeanne Schulte Scott
• Providers need to prepare for HIPAA-compliant payments - Digital Perspectives - Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act - Brief Article
  by James J. Moynihan
• Physician fee schedule update factor decreases for 2002 - Updata - Medicare - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included
• Medicare direct-access legislation introduced in congress - In the News - Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act - Brief Article
• URAC develops disease-management standards - In the News - Brief Article
• Nowicki: Certification indicates continued professional growth - Executive Insights - Michael Nowicki interview - Statistical Data Included
• Compensation trends reward CFO risk-taking - Career Development - in health care management - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included
  by Kurt Vining
• CMS delays definition of "Set-in-Advance" compensation under Stark II - Updata - Brief Article
• At a glance: Annual salaries of full-time registered nurses, 1980-2000 - Actual and Inflation-Adjusted - Brief Article - Illustration - Statistical Data Included
• Healthcare career-ladder study funded - In the News - Brief Article
• Physician Input: A critical strategic-planning tool - Integrated Delivery Systems
  by Michael Rovinsky
• People - managers in the health care industry - Brief Article
• New rule tightens Medicaid UPL loopholes - Updata - upper-payment-limit - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included
• Life, health insurers' profits drop in 2001 - In the News - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included
• Aetna drops HMO for small businesses - In the News - in Colorado - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included
• False Claims Act may reach managed care organizations - Managed Care
  by Shelley R. Slade
• Spring 2002 Seminars - Calendar