Healthcare financial management : journal of the Healthcare Financial Management Association
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Although proposed Medicare reimbursement changes may reduce financial incentives to develop specialty hospitals, other anticipated reimbursement changes, such as pay for performance, could perpetuate current growth trends. Hospital executives will need to develop new tools for coping with the continued development of specialty hospitals.
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When planning resources for disaster response, hospitals should: Understand the mission of the equipment to be used. Be able to provide training. Learn how to use the resources most efficiently.
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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.