HIMA and Medicare reform
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Health Industry Manufacturers Association position paper advocates a patient-centered approach to provide beneficiaries with greater choice of competing health plans. The Health Care Financing Administration's role in such a system "should be to administer Medicare's fee-for-service system, which should continue to be available to beneficiaries," HIMA maintains. Separately, the association announces the appointment of Blair Childs as executive VP-strategic planning and implementation. Childs, currently president of the Strategic Advisory Group consulting firm, will be responsible for directing efforts in coalition development, grassroots and communications
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