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FY 2012 GRHA Board of Directors
President
Denise Kornegay
Immediate Past President
Sallie Barker
President Elect
Ann Addison
Treasurer
Sheila Freeman
Secretary
Laura Bland Gillman
Board Members
Carla Belcher
Tim Trottier
Mary Mathis
Sue Nieman
Charles Owens
Chris Parker
Carie Summers
Paula Guy
Monty M. Veazey
Shelley Spires
Joseph Barrow
Robert J. Briscione
Matt Caseman
Meet our Board of Directors
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GRHA Welcomes New Members
First Financial Asset Management Med-Rev Solutions
FFAM provides
comprehensive revenue cycle management services to health providers. At FFAM Med-Rev Solutions, we provide end to end solutions that address all of the issues which hospitals, physician groups, clinics, home health, and other provider networks face in the billing and collection of patient account receivables. Managed by a group of senior level experts, whose backgrounds span more than 50 years in healthcare receivable management, FFAM Med-Rev Solutions has created a comprehensive network of dedicated professionals that successfully maximize our clients' cash flow objectives. We provide EBO Solutions/Management, Funding, Factor Receivables, Bad Debt A/R Purchasing, and Self-Pay Non-Recourse Patient Account Financing.
Eddie King | Executive Vice President - Business Development & Corporate Acquisitions
Phone :: 800-542-8714 404-523-3280 X1025
Cell:: 850-582-8969, or Donna Boatright, National Marketing Executive, 912-617-2968 (cell). Visit us online at www.1fam.com
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There is still time to register!
2012 Coding Certification Bootcamp
October 24-26, 2012
Archbold Memorial Hospital
Williams Auditorium
Thomasville, GA
MORE INFORMATION
REGISTRATION
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November 15, 2012
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People with Medicare Have More High Quality Choices
Oct 12, 2012
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today that people with Medicare have more high quality choices and the performance of Medicare Advantage plans is improving. HHS also released the 2013 quality ratings for Medicare health and drug plans on the web-based Medicare Plan Finder. During Medicare Open Enrollment, people with Medicare can use the star ratings to compare the quality of health and drug plan options and select the plans that are the best value for their needs for 2013.
"In 2013, people with Medicare will have access to a wide range of plan choices, including more four and five star plans than ever before," said Secretary Sebelius.
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Georgia: The past four years
How the state's health care has fared
The big picture
Much has changed in the world in the past four years, certainly in the area of health care. The most profound changes are products of complex forces, influenced but not controlled by any president. Mitt Romney and Barack Obama argue about how much credit or blame for these shifts should go to the president - a question each voter must ultimately decide. Those changes include:
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New Georgia prompt-pay rule sparks legal fight
By Andy Miller
A legal fight about a Georgia health insurance law pits doctors against insurers in a case that could have reverberations nationwide. At issue is a 2011 state law that requires insurers to pay doctors promptly for treating patients in self-funded employer health plans. The new Georgia law states that physicians treating such patients must be paid within 30 calendar days for paper claims submissions and within 15 working days for electronically submitted claims. If the money does not arrive on time, the insurer that administers the self-funded plan must pay 12 percent interest on unpaid claims. For years, Georgia has had this kind of prompt-pay law for regular insurance plans covering individuals and small businesses. But now that the requirement has been extended to self-funded employer plans - where the majority of Americans get their health coverage - opponents have taken their concerns to court. Read more |
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Bottom Line: Family Medicine Workforce is Growing Too Slowly
By Sheri Porter
Posted: 10/13/2012
Authors of a recent article in the October 2012 Family Medicine summed up their opinion of patient access to primary care in America in their opening paragraph: "A crisis in access to first-contact, comprehensive and coordinated medical care is occurring in the United States," wrote the authors. Bottom line, the family medicine workforce is not growing at a rate sufficient to meet the country's needs.
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