Federal Fiscal Year 2013: October 1, 2012 is Coming Up Fast–Are You Ready?
May 10, 2012Three Sales and Marketing Myths: Myth One
May 29, 2012Federal Fiscal Year 2013 is happening on October 1
, this year. We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again– Managers must act now, shorten the normal 60 month planning cycle, and consider changes to be twice as rapid as before.
Where to start?
Current plans require review by considering how customers and competitors are acting over this recent medium term, and how governments are enforcing laws over the same time frame. To augment your own observations, industry experts, think-tanks, policy digests, and other resources can help clarify the picture. The following list will help get you started:
- Primers:
- Medicare Primer: Note- On this primer, simply read the Part A description, the Clinical Laboratory part of Part B, and all of the Medicare Issues section. The rest can be skipped.
- How do Hospitals Get Paid? A Primer
- Web Resources
- Kaiser Foundation: www.kff.org
- Commonwealth Fund: www.commonwealthfund.org
- News Digests on Reform, Company Movement and Special Topics:
- Mass Device: www.massdevice.com
- Fierce Healthcare: www.fiercehealthcare.com
- Reform News:
- The Hill Healthwatch Blog: thehill.com/blogs/healthwatch
- Politico Pulse: www.politico.com/politicopulse/
- Just the Facts:
- The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is really two bills:
HR 3590, which was the Senate’s version of health care reform,
HR 4872 the reconciliation bill that enabled the White House and the House of Representatives to re?ne the ?nal product. - Department of Health and Human Services Regulations Publication Site
- The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is really two bills:
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