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New! An Overview of the Final 2010 Outpatient Prospective Payment Rule
This presentation identifies key features of the 2010 OPPS final rule, implications for hospitals, and how hospitals can respond to these changes. Learn More
Updated! An Overview of Proposed Healthcare Reforms Impacting Hospitals
This presentation provides a brief overview of reform proposals and offers resources to help prepare for these changes. Use this presentation to better understand current proposals for health care reform and their implications for hospitals. Downloading the presentation allows you to access the talking points contained in the notes section. Learn More
New! FY10 Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS Final Rule Fact Sheet
This final rule provides payment rate udpates to inpatient rehabilitation facilities for fiscal year 2010, and other noteworthy changes. Learn More
New! FY10 Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Payment Update Final Rule Fact Sheet
This fact sheet provides an overview of the final payment rate updates to skilled nursing facilities for fiscal year 2010, and other important details that impact these facilities. Learn More
New! An Overview of the Final 2010 Inpatient Prospective Payment Rule
This presentation provides an overview of the FY 2010 Medicare IPPS final rule and offers practical solutions for managing these changes. Learn More
New! CY10 Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule Fact Sheet
This fact sheet provides an overview of the proposed revisions to payment policies under the Medicare physician fee schedule for calendar year 2010, and other noteworthy revisions and changes. Learn More
New! Healthcare Reform Legislative Tracker
This spreadsheet outlines key provisions of federal health care reform and addresses the prospects for their adoption. The first page of the spreadsheet offers notes on how to read the document. The second sheet provides the legislative summaries and comments. Learn More
FY10 Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Payment Update Fact Sheet
This fact sheet provides an overview of payment rate updates to skilled nursing facilities for fiscal year 2010, and other important details that impact these facilities.
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RY10 Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Payment Update Fact Sheet
This fact sheet contains details on the Medicare prospective payment system updates to inpatient psychiatric facilities for rate year 2010.
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FY10 Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS Proposed Rule Fact Sheet
This proposed rule provides payment rate udpates to inpatient rehabilitation facilities for fiscal year 2010, and other noteworthy changes. Learn More
HFMA's Regulatory Sound Bites: An Overview of the Proposed 2010 Inpatient Prospective Payment Rule
This presentation identifies changes to the inpatient Medicare payment system and offers practical solutions for managing these changes. Learn More
Readying for the RACs: What You Should Know
Providers and industry experts offer key recommendations and insights on ways to prepare for RAC audits through process change and technology support. Learn More
An Analysis of the SCHIP Bill and American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 As They Impact Healthare Providers
This presentation identifies implications for hospitals of recent legislation and highlights best practices for navigating these changes. Learn More
Healthcare Payment Reform: From Principles to Action (September 2008)
HFMA evaluates the degree of agreement among key stakeholder representatives regarding key payment system reform guiding principles and possible implementation approaches. Learn More
Medicare Regulatory Resources
This page features a list of links to web sites that produce regulatory information. CMS, The Federal Register, and Office of Inspector General are some of sites provided on this page.
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Hospitals Share Insights to Improve Financial Policies for the Uninsured and Underinsured Patients
The report explores seven key questions that hospital leaders may find useful to keep in mind when reviewing their financial assistance policies.
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Building a New Payment System
This paper summarizes findings from HFMA's payment reform retreat which examined healthcare finance leaders' perspectives on the principles of an ideal payment system as well as its elements.
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