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Recent Q&As

• Physician Compensation Committees (May 2013)
• Public Bond Offering or Direct Placement? (April 2013)
• Merging Charity Care Policies with Acquired Physician Practices (March 2013)
• How to Break Into Healthcare Finance (March 2013)

Q&A Archive

Benchmarking

• Business Planning Metrics (July 2012)
• Most Important Performance Indicators (June 2012)

Billing and Collecting

• Developing Self-Pay Rates (April 2012)
• Matching Billing to Service Under One Tax ID (March 2009)
• Thresholds for Financial Assistance (May 2012)

Capital Finance

• Bond Ratings and Mortality Ratings (April 2011)
• Capital Budgeting Process
• Estimating a Coupon (September 2012)
• Locking—or Not Locking—Bond Rates (March 2012)
• Terminating a Pay-Fixed Swap (May 2012)
• To Lease or Not to Lease Medical Equipment (February 2012)

Capital Sources and Allocation

• Financing Construction of a Specialty Hospital (January 2012)
• Fixed Rate Bond Issue Versus Bank Facility (January 2012)
• Quantifying Financial Risks of Investments (January 2011) 
• Resources on Capital Budgeting & Allocation(February 2013)

 Costing and Managerial Accounting

• Recording Meaningful Use Payments (March 2011)  
• Underpayments and Contractual Write-Offs as Uncompensated Care(March 2012)

• Healthcare Compliance Resources for CFOs (April 2012)

Labor Cost Management

• Employee Turnover Data (February 2011) 

Physician Relationships

•  Crediting Physicians for Hospital Services Under RvU (November 2012)
• Physicians and Deliquent Charges (July 2011)

Pricing

• Does Inpatient and Outpatient Pricing Need to Be the Same? (November 2011)
• The Future of Chargemasters (January 2011) 

Privacy, Security, & HIPAA

• HITECH Security Assessment Survey (January 2011)

Reimbursement

• Hospital Transfer Payment (February 2012)

• Service Line Productivity (October 2012)

Staff Development

• Employee Performance Improvement Plans(January 2013)
• Preparing for a Larger Role Within a Hospital (April 2009)
• Tips for CHFP Success (September 2012)

Strategic Partnerships, Mergers and Acquisitions

• For-Profit or Not-For-Profit? (October 2009)

Technology

• Upgrading to an Integrated Physician Practice Management System(February 2013)

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