HFMA

I am looking for staffing benchmarks for the Patient Accounting area: number of accounts/per FTE and number of hours per account

With weeks remaining in the open enrollment period it appears highly unlikely that the CBO's May 2013 estimate of a reduction in the uninsured by 14 million individuals in 2014 will be achieved. 

This fact sheet sumarrizes the payment changes applicable to physicians under the CY14 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule final rule released by CMS.

Read HFMA's comments to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services regarding its FY2014 proposed rule for Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems.

HFMA believes a workable approach is to delay enforcement of the two-midnight rule until October 1, 2014. During this delay, CMS will work with stakeholders to develop alternate policy solutions.

HFMA urges support for the Stark Administrative Simplification Act (H.R. 3776) introduced by Rep. Charles Boustany, MD, and Rep. Ron Kind.

Recommendations crafted by HFMA's Medical Debt Task Force are intended to improve the medical account resolution process for patients and providers alike. The best practices provide guidance on resolving financial obligations before, during, and after a patient visits a hospital or other healthcare setting.

HFMA partnered with ACA International and gathered a task force of stakeholders to establish best practices for the fair resolution of patients' medical bills. The stakeholders represented include a diverse group of providers, consumer advocates, collections agencies, and credit bureaus.

HFMA urges CMS to undertake a comprehensive approach to testing the readiness of the Medicare contractors and state Medicaid agencies for the October 1, 2014, ICD-10 implementation.

This document summarizes the updates to the OPPS final rule for CY14.