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Although some states have seen dramatic returns on their investment in tobacco control programs, many are using their tobacco-settlement dollars for purposes other than tobacco control.
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Looking at state budget problems described as worse than the condition of the national economy worse, in fact, than anything since World War II representatives of the nations governors, budget officers, and legislators are predicting significant cuts in Medicaid among other steps to stop the bleeding.
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While there may be some bright spots in improving dental care for children, Louisiana state dental director Gregory Folse, MD, a clinical assistant professor at the Louisiana State University School of Dentistry in New Orleans, says he currently sees very little opportunity for improvement in what is a national crisis for older Americans.
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While many children in the United States enjoy remarkably good oral health according to Burton Edelstein, founding director of the Childrens Dental Health Project of Washington, DC, and director of the Division of Community Health at the Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery, there remains a significant problem in a subset of the nations children.
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Oral Health America, a nonprofit advocacy group that develops, implements, and facilitates nationally focused educational, informational, and service programs designed to improve oral health, gave the United States an overall grade of C in oral health for 2001, saying it signifies new possibilities for the future as well as widespread unmet needs.
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Report: Children dont get enough mental health care
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As reimbursement levels fall, hospital managers are faced with the task of improving profit levels. Because increasing volume can increase profits, managers often look toward increasing the number of cases that can be handled within the workday.
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Brown County General Hospital more than doubled its up-front cash collections over the past year by offering incentives to both registrars and their bosses, says Barb Dailey, patient access director at the Georgetown, OH, facility.
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For HIM departments to successfully navigate the new Medicare and health care territory of the 21st century, its important that directors look at managing time, resources, and intellectual capital a little differently than they have in the past. This can be done by establishing best practices for data management and coding quality.
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Sooner or later, your HIM department probably will begin the process of moving documentation, communications, and transcription to an electronic process, and may decide to use an application service provider (ASP).
