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Advisory
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Patient Safety: Improving Hand Hygiene through Safe Use of Alcohol-based Hand Rubs
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Advisory

Post-acute Prospective Payment Systems: The Final Rules for FY 2004
CMS recently issued final rules for fiscal year \(FY\) 2004 prospective payment systems \(PPS\) for home health agencies \(HHA\), inpatient rehabilitation facilities \(IRF\), long term care hospitals \(LTCH\), and skilled nursing facilities \(SNF\). Some updates take effect October 1, 2003, while…
Advisory
Advisory

Medicare Outpatient PPS: The Proposed Rule for CY 2004
Advisory
Advisory

The Final HIPAA Security Rule: Making Progress in Implementation
Advisory
Advisory

Medicare Inpatient PPS: The Final Rule for FY 2004
Advisory
Advisory

Congressional Investigation on Hospital Billing & Collections Practices May Generate Press Calls
On July 16, the U.S. House of Representatives House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations launched a formal probe into hospital billing and collection practices by sending a seven-page letter to 20 hospitals and health systems across the country. The media coverage this…
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Advisory

Disaster Readiness Advisory #11: New Planning Tool Available - Weill/Cornell Bioterrorism and Epidem
Guides/Reports
Guides/Reports

Chart pack: The Medicaid Dilemma
State Medicaid Facts. The Medicaid Dilemma: Shrinking Budgets, Difficult Choices, Vol. 5, No. 2
Guides/Reports
Guides/Reports

TrendWatch: The Medicaid Dilemma: Shrinking Budgets, Difficult Choices
This issue of TrendWatch provides a brief overview of the Medicaid program and considers the difficult choices states are making in repsonse to the state budget crisis. It examines the effects of these choices on Medicaid eligibility, benefits, and provider payment.
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Guides/Reports

TrendWatch: The Changing Physician Environment
To help hospital leaders respond to changes in the physician marketplace, this issue of TrendWatch describes demographic shifts within the physician population, economic pressures physicians face, changes in the way physicians practice, and questions about future supply and demand.
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