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AIS’s MANAGED CARE WEEK, hard-hitting business and financial news of the managed care industry. Includes data on HMOs, PPOs, POS plans, new managed care products and markets, and government initiatives that are changing the face of managed care. Written by insightful managed care writer/analyst Jill Brown. 45 issues annually, print copy, e-mail delivery and regular e-mail news alerts. For more information call AIS at 800-521-4323 or visit the web site at http://www.aishealth.com/Products/NewsMCW.html

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Performance Improvement Advisor is a must-have monthly tool guaranteed to help healthcare organizations like yours boost performance and enhance quality. Each month you’ll uncover real-life case studies, data gathering and analysis strategies, physician profiling and performance enhancement methods, and specific critical paths, care plans, clinical algorithms, performance benchmarks, and other QI tools that you can adapt and use in your organization immediately. Simply put, our experts provide a detailed roadmap leading you toward higher quality and a healthier balance sheet. To request a free trial, order online at www.nhionline.net/products/pia.htm or call 800-597-6300. 12 monthly issues, 12 pages each: $399

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Hospital Accounts Receivables Analysis (HARA) – the leader in A/R analysis for over 20 years – is a quarterly report of comprehensive A/R data and expert analysis that helps you measure your performance against hospitals of similar size in your geographic region. Hundreds of hospitals from all bed sizes from every section of the United States are surveyed. These hospitals submit detailed accounts receivable information to out experts, who compile it, analyze it, and rush it to you in a comprehensive, well-organized report. Each quarterly issue of HARA includes a wealth of timely charts, graphs, and analyses of benchmarking information broken out by region, hospital size, and community size. For more information or to order HARA, call 1-800-638-8437 or visit www.aspenpublishers.com.