Hospital Payment & Information Management 1999 Index
Hospital Payment & Information Management 1999 Index
American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA)
AHIMA awards innovative HIM practices, MAR:48
AHIMA delegates approve new certification titles, DEC:190
AHIMA develops HIM master's curriculum, JUNE:94
AHIMA publishes dates of certification exams, APR:63
AHIMA to announce Triumph Award winners, AUG:127
Get out of the office, APR:59
Need help developing your compliance plan? JAN:12
NIH senior policy analyst elected AHIMA president, DEC:192
What's in a name? AHIMA votes on title changes, OCT:149
Balanced Budget Act (BBA) of 1997
Clinton proposes more slicing and dicing, SEP:142
Cutbacks need strong tactics: Ensure Congress knows your hospital's story, AUG:113
Studies forecast bleak BBA impact for hospitals, DEC:191
Careers
AHIMA delegates approve new certification titles, DEC:190
AHIMA develops HIM master's curriculum, JUNE:94
AHIMA publishes dates of certification exams, APR:63
How hospital made the switch to career banding, JUNE:83
Internet service connects candidates to jobs, JULY:112
Keep skilled IS personnel where you want them — on staff, JUNE:81
Now hiring: Industry scrambles to fill critical positions despite competition, MAY:65
What's in a name? AHIMA votes on title changes, OCT:149
Coding
AHA CD for easier access to clinical coding info, JAN:16
Avoid denials for 'similar' visit documentation, JULY:102
Coding: No longer the redheaded stepchild, MAR:44
E/M coding puts your hospital at risk — and you may not know it, NOV:161
Educate physicians and staff on proper E/M coding, NOV:163
Hospitals are 'not getting' the urgency of using modifiers, APR:49
No ICD-9-CM changes in October, AUG:126
OIG report finds DRG 014 overpayment trend, NOV:173
Web site offers coding and payment info resource, MAY:78
Compliance
Compliance educational videotapes available, SEP:144
E/M coding puts your hospital at risk — and you may not know it, NOV:161
Know how long to keep that health information, AUG:125
Need help developing your compliance plan? JAN:12
Who's minding the compliance store? SEP:134
Confidentiality/Privacy
Battle intensifies over medical records confidentiality legislation, JULY:97
Congress tackles health info confidentiality, JUNE:93
Movement on privacy legislation stalls, SEP:141
Providers try to get used to high-tech Signatures, DEC:179
Report compiles state privacy laws, OCT:159
DRG Coding Advisor
Aging of population means more cardiac procedures, JUNE:87
Coding of collagen implants for incontinence, JULY:106
CPT codes changed for skin graft operations, JULY:104
CPT panel endorses E/M code revisions, SEP:135
Document precisely to avoid care plan errors, AUG:119
Government gives the term 'alphabet soup' new meaning, JAN:7
It's time to look at the nitty-gritty of EDI, OCT:151
Medicare rules established for home glucose monitors, JULY:103
More alphabet soup with another reimbursement system, FEB:23
New codes for stereotactic radiosurgery, MAR:39
Outpatient rehab codes outlined in 1998 document, AUG:120
PROs' sixth scope of work disclosed, JAN:9
Same-day treatments require special coding, JULY:103
Stimulation therapy has many faces, but few codes, NOV:167
Strabismus surgery coding is easier this year, JULY:105
What's in store for 108 in '99, JAN:10
What's new with the ICD-10-CM system? APR:55
Fraud and abuse
Big brother gets in the data collection business, JAN:4
Feds go to great lengths to fight fraud, JUNE:84
Fraud and abuse detection software enters a new age, APR:52
GAO report details abuses in use of False Claims Act, OCT:158
Government makes Medicare recipients special agents, May:71
Happy new year: Fraud and abuse investigators try a different approach, JAN:1
HCFA has new fraud-fighting plan, JUNE:95
OIG report finds DRG 014 overpayment trend, NOV:173
OIG says projects saved more than $1 million, NOV:174
What's up with the feds in '99? JAN:3
Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA)
AHA asks HCFA to delay physician start-up fee, FEB:32
Are providers ready to send itemized statements? May:79
GAO expresses doubt in HCFA's readiness, May:77
HCFA announces Medicare payment increases, OCT:158
HCFA moves toward Y2K readiness, APR:61
PROs' sixth scope of work disclosed, JAN:9
Tackling HCFA's transfer rule on acute care, JULY:101
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)
HHS releases tentative release dates for HIPAA, JULY:107
HIPAA implementation guides released, AUG:128
JHITA reviews comments on HIPAA standards, FEB:32
MGMA gets a HIPAA update, APR:62
Software leads providers toward HIPAA compliance, NOV:166
Hospital trends
AHA report: Inpatient days could drop 25% by 2002, JUN:96
Annual stats show hospitals keep costs low, MAR:47
Database offers data from hospitals, managed care, OCT:159
Malpractice reporting could put hospitals at risk, APR:62
Not-for-profit hospitals' credit erosion accelerates, SEP:144
Providers lack knowledge about risk, JULY:100
Information systems
'Frontier medicine' comes into a new age, SEP:132
Automated COB check said to be on the horizon, JULY:99
Centralization involves a PC on every desk, AUG:118
Consolidation cuts DMC's A/R by $35 million, AUG:116
Cooperation with systems' vendor aids provider, DEC:182
Electronic signatures aid transcription efficiencies, DEC:180
Give me your card, JUNE:85
Is your hospital prepared for EDI challenges? MAR:45
Passport to knowledge: It's all in the cards, AUG:124
Software keeps records from being scattered, APR:54
Switching to single-source EDI billing slashes costs, SEP:139
These doctors receive radiologic images at home, APR:51
Throw away those old index cards, FEB:22
What is the PowerScribe Radiology system? JAN:11
Internet/intranet
Certain programs may pose security threats, APR:63
Company brings medicine cabinet to the Web, MAR:36
Free audio, pictures over the Internet: Coming soon, OCT:155
HCFA releases final Internet policy, FEB:31
Institute launches virtual patient information site, NOV:175
Internet service connects candidates to jobs, JULY:112
New network offers free Web-based medical record, May:80
Seniors not wowed by on-line pharmacies, NOV:175
University medical records posted on the Internet, May:79
Legislation
The law: Hospitals can't delay emergency care, FEB:27
Reimbursement/APCs
Could HCFA cuts close your doors? OCT:156
E/M coding puts your hospital at risk — and you may not know it, NOV:161
How PPS affects nursing home reimbursement, DEC:189
Providers work to delay implementa-tion of APCs, NOV:172
APC implementation delays appear to be over; get ready for July 1, 2000, DEC:177
Security
Education can reduce the risk of security breaches, JUNE:86
Standards
Be proactive in JCAHO's questions about Y2K prep, OCT:147
Ding-dong! JCAHO calling: No advance notice on unannounced surveys, OCT:145
JCAHO announces restructuring plans, DEC:192
Joint Commission Standard on Electronic Signatures, DEC 181
Transcription/dictation
Inaccurate dictation gives providers headaches, MAY:67
Transcription system knows you by your voice, JAN:6
U.S. health care
Clinton announces Medicare package to fight fraud, save tax dollars, FEB:17
The devil's in the details, JAN:15
Y2K
Access to meds during Y2K should be normal, DEC:192
Are you prepared if Y2K delays HCFA payments? FEB:29
Be proactive in JCAHO's questions about Y2K prep, OCT:147
Clock reaches midnight hour for Y2K compliance, FEB:19
FDA proposes collection of Y2K information, APR:64
FDA releases list of high-risk medical devices, SEP:130
FDA to audit Y2K-testing results for manufacturers of critical devices, SEP:129
GAO expresses doubt in HCFA's Y2K readiness, May:77
GAO official criticizes FDA Y2K information-gathering, JULY:112
Have you 'stood up' your Y2K command center? NOV:164
HCFA moves toward Y2K readiness, APR:61
Health system decides to test everything, May:70
Health care Y2K guide available for consumers, OCT:160
Health care Y2K reference resource available, May:80
Medicare claims must now be year 2000 compliant, JUNE:94
Millennium bug makes a surprise appearance with early 1999 visit, MAR:33
Need help developing your compliance plan? JAN:12
OIG releases Y2K survey results, JUNE:92
Open communication lines to the public, MAR:38
Partnership expands year 2000 resources, JAN:16
Report offers Y2K health care contingency plans, MAY:78
Report shows status changes in Y2K compliance, JULY:111
'The computer screen is frozen, and the heat's off, DEC:187
The future's so bright at the end of the millennium, JUNE:91
The night the lights went out in New Hyde Park, JULY:110
The year 1999 transition problem pair, MAR:35
Tornado previews Y2K experience, AUG:128
Will Y2K testing save your equipment or destroy it? May:69
Y2K compliance could costs hospitals billions, May:76
Y2K conversions cited as No. 1 priority in 1999, May:75
Y2K global impact can be viewed on Internet, NOV:174
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