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		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5248/is_26_25/ai_n29448791]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Shanna Knowles of Drew Memorial Hospital has been elected president of the Arkansas Chapter of the Healthcare Financial Management Association. Other officers elected include Julie Carpenter of St. Vincent Health System, president-elect; William Couch Jr. of Hughes Welch & Milligan CPAs, secretary; and Brent Beaulieu of Baptist Health, treasurer. Elected...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Building a New Payment System]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2008_June_23/ai_n27504104]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[HFMA Releases Healthcare Payment Reform; From Principles to Action  WESTCHESTER, Ill. -- As attention to healthcare reform intensifies in the presidential campaign, it is important to remember that real and sustainable reform can only be achieved if the fundamental financial incentives within the delivery system are changed. The Healthcare...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5248/is_20_25/ai_n29438334]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Steve Rose, chief financial officer for Conway Regional Medical Center, has been elected to the national board of directors of the Healthcare Financial Management Association.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Maryland health care facilities announce staffing changes: May 16,]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[James G. Lee, senior vice president and chief financial officer of Adventist HealthCare, is the new director of the HealthCare Financial Management Association HFMA board. HFMA is a national organization that focuses on improving the financial management and business performance of health-care related organizations. Lee has held roles with the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Amerinet Sponsors HFMA Healthcare Supply Chain Research]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ST. LOUIS -- Amerinet Inc., a leading national healthcare group purchasing organization, announces the sponsorship of a key research project through the Healthcare Financial Management Association HFMA. The purpose of the research is to help healthcare providers improve performance by trending the latest in critical, industry-wide supply chain and operational...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CIMA has formed a development partnership with the Healthcare Financial Management Association HFMA aimed at promoting and implementing the CIMA Strategic Scorecard in the National Health Service. The initiative is intended to help NHS boards focus more on strategic matters at a time when compliance issues and government programmes are...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]  CIMA has formed a development partnership with the Healthcare Financial Management Association HFMA aimed at promoting and implementing the CIMA Strategic Scorecard in the National Health Service. The initiative is intended to help NHS boards focus more on strategic matters at a time when compliance issues and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[HealthStream Earns HFMA's Peer Review Designation]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2008_March_18/ai_n24927132]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[WESTCHESTER, Ill. -- The Healthcare Financial Management Association HFMA recently examined HeathStream Inc.'s (NASDAQ: HSTM) Internet-based learning management system, the HealthStream Learning Center[R] HLC, using HFMA's Peer Review process. After undergoing a rigorous review, the HealthStream Learning Center[R] HLC has received the notable "Peer Reviewed by HFMA" designation.  With...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Healthcare Construction Becomes High Stakes Game]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO -- Healthcare facilities across the nation are finding themselves at the center of a high-stakes game. Aging facilities, new technology, competition, and consumer demand are among the factors driving up the ante for new hospital construction or extensive renovation.  Keeping up comes with great risk and cost. Hospital...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Success of Nation's Hospitals Hinges on Technology Investment]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Report Shows Inability to Invest in IT Could Impact Financial Outcomes  CHICAGO -- Higher-rated hospitals with more resources dedicated to quality-focused initiatives may achieve growth in volumes and market share, improved payer arrangements, and cost reductions, according to a new report by the Healthcare Financial Management Association HFMA and...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[PCG Software President to Speak at California HFMA Fall Conference]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Presentation Will Address the Increasing Need for Payers to Scrutinize Claims Coding Through Technology  MALIBU, Calif. -- PCG Software, a leading provider of innovative software solutions designed to increase profitability for healthcare payer and provider organizations, today announced the company's president will be a speaker at the Healthcare Financial...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn, L.L.P]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kenneth R. Marcus, a senior partner in the Health Care Department at Detroit-based law firm Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn, L.L.P., was awarded the Founders Medal of Honor by the Eastern Michigan chapter of Healthcare Financial Management Association HFMA at their annual reimbursement update meeting.]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Can We Fix the Healthcare Payment Mess? New Report Shares Strategies that Encourage Efficiency, Quality, and Consumer Involvement]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2007_May_14/ai_n19095843]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO -- Today's healthcare payment system has produced a perplexing array of cross subsidies, hidden taxes and conflicting incentives, making it costly to administer and difficult to understand. And it has created such an intricate maze of conflicting incentives and priorities that any proposed solution damages at least one of...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Should bad debts be reported as community benefits?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bad debts, charity care and community benefits can be very costly to hospitals and health-care systems ("hospital," from this point on in the column). Opinions amongst the healthcare industry vary as to the most effective means to deal with these three areas of accounting, and a lack of uniformity exists...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[NHS finance training delivered online]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa5402/is_200611/ai_n21402548]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Healthcare Financial Management Association HFMA has partnered with Information Transfer to launch an e-learning service aimed at NHS professionals and staff throughout the UK. The courses are delivered using Information Transfer's Knowledge Centre learning management software. The e-learning can deliver content to the desktop of every employee in the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Nov 2006 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[More Than Half of US Hospitals Straddle Between Financial Success or Failure; Trends in Capital Access and Spending for Hospitals Uncovered in New Financing the Future II Report]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO -- The outlook for capital access and spending for the nation's hospitals is moderately improving, according to a new research report released today. Yet, more than half of U.S. hospitals and healthcare systems continue to struggle in the face of competitive pressure from physician-owned facilities, increasing uncertainty about the...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[PATIENT FRIENDLY BILLING® Releases Consumerism in Health Care Report: Price Transparency a Key Focus]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO -- PATIENT FRIENDLY BILLINGR, a national project to make healthcare billing clearer to patients, has released its Consumerism in Health Care report. It addresses the key area of price transparency and puts forth that price information provided to consumers must be meaningful to them. Ultimately, the objective is to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Aug 2006 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ACA has developed closer relationships with healthcare associations for the benefit of members   I am pleased to report that ACA International's 67th Annual Convention and Exposition, held July 9-12 in San Diego, met with rave reviews. The wide variety of timely educational sessions and workshops drew an enthusiastic...]]></description>
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