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P&P Board Statement 17: Assessments and Arrangements Similar to Taxes

This Principles and Practices Board statement was developed in response to frequent requests from HFMA members for accounting and financial reporting guidance for assessments and other arrangements in lieu of taxes.

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P&P Board Statement 18: Public Disclosure of Financial and Operating Information

The Principles and Practices Board undertook this project to identify the types of financial operating data that should be disclosed by healthcare providers on an ongoing basis.

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P&P Board Statement 20: Mergers, Acquisitions, and Collaborations

The Principles and Practices Board undertook this position statement to assist in the identification and use of the appropriate accounting methodology for reporting mergers, acquisitions and collaborations.

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P&P Board Statement 16: Classifying, Valuing, and Analyzing Accounts Receivable

This Principles and Practices Board statement was developed in response to the frequent requests from HFMA members for a standard calculation of days of revenue in receivables.

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Accounting for RAC Audit Adjustments and Exposures

This Principles and Practices Board issue analysis provides accounting guidelines for healthcare finance leaders who must respond to RAC audits and adjustments.

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Medicare Incentive Payments for Meaningful Use of Electronic Health Records

This P&P Board issue analysis addresses certain accounting and reporting issues resulting from incentive payments under the Medicare program for the meaningful use of EHR technology.

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Consumerism in Health Care: Achieve a Consumer-Oriented Revenue Cycle

A PATIENT FRIENDLY BILLING® Project Report Price transparency, agreement on payment expectations between payer and provider, simplified charges, and easy patient access are the objectives necessary to achieving consumerism in healthcare. Practical strategies are provided to achieve these results. 

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The Story of Jack, a Patient of the Future

 A PATIENT FRIENDLY BILLING® Project Resource Jack visits his internal medicine doctor to follow up on a sinus infection. When Jack made the appointment on the physician's secure website, he also updated his medical file with a description of the

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About Patient Friendly Billing

Because meeting the needs of the patient - the consumer - is our first priority, the Patient Friendly Billing project has conducted research, including focus groups of patients and healthcare workers around the country.

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Patient Friendly Billing Sponsors and Supporting Organizations

Standards of Excellence Sponsors Advocate Health Care Baptist Health South Florida Baylor Health Care System Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Centura Health Geisinger Health System HCA Providence Health & Services (Oregon) Rush University Medical Center Spectrum Health St. Vincent Health System (Indiana) Assoc

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