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First reported 14 hours ago - Updated 14 hours ago - 1 reports

Oregon Releases First Report on State Healthcare Transformation Plan

May 20—The Oregon Health Authority has issued its first quarterly report that sets benchmarks for key health and financial metrics for the Oregon Health Plan. Data in the report will allow Oregon to examine progress toward reducing the trend of state ... [Published Healthcare Financial Management Association - 14 hours ago]

Entities: Oregon, Health Care, Medicaid

First reported 14 hours ago - Updated 14 hours ago - 1 reports

HFMA Comments on Medicare Part B Inpatient Hospital Billing, RAC Program

May 20—HFMA strongly supports efforts by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to identify improper payments within CMS-administered programs, but believes the recovery audit contractor (RAC) program “is counterproductive to the principles ... [Published Healthcare Financial Management Association - 14 hours ago]

Entities: Medicare, Payment System, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Occupational Therapy

First reported 14 hours ago - Updated 14 hours ago - 1 reports

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

CMS Provides ICD-10-PCS Code Set Updates

May 20—The 2014 ICD-10-PCS (procedure) files—which contain information on the new procedure coding system that will replace ICD-9-CM, Volume 3—are now available and posted on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) website. ICD-10-PCS will ... [Published Healthcare Financial Management Association - 14 hours ago]

Entities: American Health Information Management Association, American Hospital Association, ICD-10, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

CMS Opens Bundled Payment Model to More Hospitals

May 17—Additional hospitals can apply to participate in Model 1 of the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement initiative, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced today in the Federal Register. Acute care hospitals paid under the inpatient ... [Published Healthcare Financial Management Association - May 18 2013]

Entities: Acute Care, Medicare, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Invention, Payment System

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

Tavenner Confirmed to Lead CMS

May 16—The U.S. Senate voted 91-7 Wednesday to confirm Marilyn Tavenner as administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). She is the first CMS administrator the Senate has confirmed in seven years.Her confirmation came shortly after ... [Published Healthcare Financial Management Association - May 16 2013]

Entities: Health Insurance, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Tom Harkin

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Interdisciplinary Alliance Targets Malnutrition in Hospitals

May 15—Five healthcare organizations have formed an interdisciplinary partnership, the Alliance to Advance Patient Nutrition, to improve patient outcomes through early nutrition screening, assessment, and intervention in hospitals.Today, one in three ... [Published Healthcare Financial Management Association - May 16 2013]

Entities: Malnutrition, Nutrition, malnourished, Abbott Nutrition

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Moody's Corporation

Recent Publicity Over Hospital Prices Could Fuel Calls for Regulation

May 15—Recent publication of a database of hospital prices by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will have minimal impact on the credit quality of hospitals and health systems for the time being, according to Moody’s Investors Service—but ... [Published Healthcare Financial Management Association - May 16 2013]

Entities: Moody's Corporation, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Database

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Hospital Safety Scores Reveal Slow Improvements

May 14—U.S. hospitals have made only incremental progress in addressing errors, accidents, injuries, and hospital-acquired infections, according to not-for-profit Leapfrog Group’s Spring 2013 update to its Hospital Safety Score.Of the 2,514 hospitals ... [Published Healthcare Financial Management Association - May 15 2013]

Entities: infections, LeapFrog Enterprises Inc, Patient

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

CMS Proposes Methodology for Reducing DSH Allotments in FY14, FY15

May 14—The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule that outlines the methodology for cutting state Medicaid disproportionate share hospitals (DSH) allotments by $500 million in FY14 and $600 million in FY15, as required under ... [Published Healthcare Financial Management Association - May 15 2013]

Entities: Medicaid, Allotment, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Affordable Care Act

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Prescription Medication Spending Decreases

Using a Patient Financial Advocacy Program to Improve A/R, Cash Collections, and Bad DebtAttend HFMA’s Virtual Conference on July 17 to hear how New York-Presbyterian Hospital created a Patient Financial Advocacy Program to increase enrollment in public ... [Published Healthcare Financial Management Association - May 14 2013]

Entities: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, Patient, Business Intelligence, Chad

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 2 reports

Health Centers Gain Funds to Assist Uninsured with ACA Enrollment Options

May 10—The Health Resources and Services Administration will issue approximately $150 million to help community health centers provide in-person enrollment assistance to uninsured individuals nationwide, U.S. Department of Health and Humans Services (HHS) ... [Published Healthcare Financial Management Association - May 10 2013]

Entities: Health Insurance, Kathleen Sebelius, Patient

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 2 reports

Poll: Public Remains Confused over ACAâs Status

Entities: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, Patient, Business Intelligence, Chad

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HFMA Comments on Medicare Part B Inpatient Hosp... [Published Healthcare Financial Management Association - 14 hours ago]
Oregon Releases First Report on State Healthcar... [Published Healthcare Financial Management Association - 14 hours ago]
CMS Opens Bundled Payment Model to More Hospitals [Published Healthcare Financial Management Association - May 18 2013]
Tavenner Confirmed to Lead CMS [Published Healthcare Financial Management Association - May 16 2013]
Recent Publicity Over Hospital Prices Could Fue... [Published Healthcare Financial Management Association - May 16 2013]
Interdisciplinary Alliance Targets Malnutrition... [Published Healthcare Financial Management Association - May 16 2013]
CMS Proposes Methodology for Reducing DSH Allot... [Published Healthcare Financial Management Association - May 15 2013]
Hospital Safety Scores Reveal Slow Improvements [Published Healthcare Financial Management Association - May 15 2013]
Prescription Medication Spending Decreases [Published Healthcare Financial Management Association - May 14 2013]
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BLS: Hospital Jobs Increase by 2,700 in April [Published Healthcare Financial Management Association - May 06 2013]
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Oregon Experiment Studies Effects of Medicaid o... [Published Healthcare Financial Management Association - May 03 2013]
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Poll: Public Remains Confused over ACAâs Status [Published Healthcare Financial Management Association - May 01 2013]
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