Healthcare financial management : journal of the Healthcare Financial Management Association
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The key to making Medicaid more sustainable is to make it less necessary: By addressing coverage for the uninsured. By having Medicare offer more comprehensive coverage and long-term care assistance to its low-income beneficiaries. By providing an alternative to Medicaid's spend-down to impoverishment to gain assistance with long-term care costs.
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Here, in order of importance, are the top 10 things to think about-and act on-in 2006: Balancing clinical and financial issues, Getting ready for pay for performance, Implementing the electronic health record, Making your pricing transparent, Boosting your revenue cycle, Developing different ways to access capital, Increasing transparency in financial reporting, Getting your charity care policies and procedures in order, Improving leadership skills, Dealing with staffing shortages.