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Top 200 Coding Hospitals Report

Is your hospital among the most complete and compliant? Find out in the 2006 Top Coding Hospitals Report.

Industry Insights

Informational summaries, interpretations, and industry analyses of the regulations and changes impacting the health care industry.

Press

July 17, 2006 – Donklephant – “3M’s Medicare Boondoggle.”

July 16, 2006 – New York Times – “Bush Administration Plans Medicare Changes”

July 10, 2006 – Modern Healthcare – “Grassley, Baucus Join Push to Delay DRG Changes” (Requires free registration to read full article.)

July 10, 2006 – MarketWatch from DowJones – “U.S. Senators Urge Medicare to Delay Payment System Changes”

July 10, 2006 – For the Record – “Back to School – How Does Coding Compute Under Proposed CMS Changes?” Article interviews HSS’ Bob Leary.

June 12, 2006 – U.S. Congress – Comment letter to CMS written by Sen. Nancy L. Johnson (R-Conn.), chairwoman of the Health Subcommittee of the Ways and Means Committee. Click here to read letter.

June 12, 2006 – Modern Healthcare – “Looking for More Time.” Article provides details about the AHA’s and AdvaMed’s position on CMS’ proposed DRG changes. Article includes quotations from HSS’ Bob Leary. (Access to full article required paid archive subscription.)

May 26, 2006 – Advance for Health Information Executives – “Will Hospital Cash Flow Change After October?” Contributed article written by Bob Leary.

May 22, 2006 – Advance for Health Information Professionals – “Will Hospital Cash Flow Change After October is New CMS Rule is Enacted?” Contributed article written by Bob Leary.

May 2006 – Health Management Technology – “Guest Feature: CMS Changes and IT Implications.” Contributed article written by Bob Leary.