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HFMA members enjoy unrestricted, free on-line access to all of the content of the Resource Center. Nonmembers may view certain resources that are available to the public, including the comprehensive content index, and may purchase individual documents through the Member Services Center.

Navigating the Resource Center

The quickest way to view a comprehensive listing of resources that HFMA has to offer on a particular topic is to use the "Search" function found at the right of every HFMA web page. You'll quickly locate relevant material from the Resource Center, HFMA publications, educational programs, and other areas of HFMA's web site.

To browse the Resource Center by broad content topics, click on "Focus Areas" in the menu at the right. These areas are set up to help you browse the wide variety of H FMA technical resources available to you on-line.

What Information Is Available?

Information ranges from accounting guidance to reimbursement issues to regulatory compliance for all healthcare settings, including group practices, integrated delivery systems, managed care providers, long term care providers, and home health agencies.

Some key features in the Resource Center follow. You can access these topics from the main menu at www.hfma.org/resource.

Focus Areas

HFMA's Focus Areas include Medicare Payment, the Business of Health Care, Revenue Cycle, Managed Care, HIPAA@Work, and Leadership. Within these six major focus areas are in-depth reports, timely summaries, time-saving tools and Internet guides. Here are the types of topics you'll find within each Focus Area:

Medicare Payment

* Hospital Inpatient and Outpatient PPS

* Physician Services

* Other PPS

* Compliance

Revenue Cycle

* Billing and Coding

* Performance Measurement

* The PATIENT FRIENDLYBILLING[R] Project

HIPAA@Work

* Transaction Standards

* Privacy

* Security

Business of Healthcare

* Financial Performance Statistics

* Capital

* Resource Management

* Tax Compliance

* Corporate Responsibility

Managed Care

* Plan Provider Claims Workgroup

* EMTALA

* Prompt Payment

Leadership

* Workforce Issues

* Compensation

* Leadership

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