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Accounting and Financial Reporting
Principles and Practices Board (P&P Board)
The P&P Board issues statements of position on accounting principles and financial reporting practices addressing the unique characteristics of healthcare organizations.
Patient Friendly Billing
HFMA, with support from the American Hospital Association, is spearheading a national, industry-wide initiative to simplify patients' hospital bills. The site includes reports by leading experts on best practices, case studies, contract management, and more. Tools include a checklist of strategies for patient friendly bills and a powerpoint presentation on the project.
http://www.patientfriendlybilling.org/
Workforce
Coalition to Protect America's Health Care
This initiative, cofounded by HFMA, seeks to make sure Americans understand that hospitals are facing a serious shortage of workers and how that shortage might impact them. This site includes links to the Workforce Survey on America's Current Health Care Staffing Needs
http://www.protecthealthcare.org