Donations heating up. Managed-care debate has healthcare organizations opening up their wallets.
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Financing, Organized↗
Biomedical subjects
E Weissenstein
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HCFA's year-2000 fear grounds new projects.
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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.↗
Solving the Medicare equation. Are margins the most effective way to measure a hospital's fiscal health?
Citing soaring hospital profit margins, lawmakers froze Medicare hospital reimbursements for this fiscal year, the first such freeze in history. Critics counter that profit margins don't paint a fair picture of hospitals' financial condition. They complain that recent rosy forecasts by congressional Medicare advisory commissions mask the fact that many hospitals lie on the brink of financial ruin.
American Hospital Association↗
Doing the math. Each method of calculating margins has its shortcomings.
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American Hospital Association↗
Reform plans advance. House panel agrees on framework for managed-care bill.
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Health Care Reform↗
Backpedaling on rollout. HCFA decides to delay, rework beneficiary handbooks.
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Aged↗
New rules for telemedicine. Medicare plans to pay for interactive consultations only.
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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.↗
Bringing law to Justice. Department's release of False Claims Act guidelines boxes in hospital industry.
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American Hospital Association↗
Putting teeth into policy. AHA asks how to handle members that commit fraud.
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American Hospital Association↗
AHA revisits reform. Board may endorse plan to cover unemployed workers.
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American Hospital Association↗
A competition problem. Effort to bid for Medicare rates has bogged down.
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Colorado↗
PSO lessons don't come easy or cheap.
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Aged↗
Justice Dept., HHS issue conflicting rules on False Claims Act.
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American Hospital Association↗
Fraud-buster contract slated for 1999.
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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.↗
Spending estimates divide commission.
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Data Collection↗
AHA seeks fix for wage index dispute.
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Abstracting and Indexing↗
Let's at least look good. GOP seen as proposing managed-care paper tiger.
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Health Policy↗
Fraud compromise offered. AHA urges guidelines on False Claims Act enforcement.
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American Hospital Association↗