The Pathway for SGR Reform Act of 2013, signed into law on December 26, 2013. The relaxed qualifying criteria for the low-volume hospital payment adjustment are extended for the period …
Low Volume Hospitals
CMS implemented the low volume hospital program in federal fiscal year 2005, which provides a 25% inpatient payment adjustment to hospitals that are located more than 25 miles from another …
Kathryn Fletcher Published in Executive Insight on “Navigating Recent Accounting Standards”
Kathryn Fletcher , quality control manager, authored the article “Navigating Recent Accounting Standards” for Executive Insight’s November issue. The article discusses the new accounting pronouncements that will affect healthcare financial reporting. …
Tax Manager Jeremy Wilson Discusses High Priorities for Atlanta CFOS Heading Into 2014
On Nov. 1, 2013, tax manager Jeremy Wilson spoke to the Atlanta Business Chronicle on Atlanta CFOs’ top priorities for the New Year in the article, “Taking Stock: Atlanta CFOs Focus on …
GASB Statement No. 65, Items Previously Reported as Assets And Liabilities
GASB Statement No. 65, Items Previously Reported as Assets and Liabilities, was issued in March 2012 and will be effective for December 2013 year ends. The requirements of this Statement …
Jeremy Wilson Speaks with WALB at the Sunbelt Ag Expo on the Services Draffin & Tucker Can Provide Its Agribusiness Clients
On Oct. 15, 2013, tax manager Jeremy Wilson spoke with WALB-TV at the Sunbelt Ag Expo in Moultrie, Ga. He gave a bit of background on Draffin & Tucker, LLP and explained …
Kathryn Fletcher Speaks to Gwinnett Business Radio on the Growth of Draffin & Tucker and the Future of the Accounting Profession
Kathryn Fletcher, Quality Control Manager, spoke with Gwinnett Business Radio on Sept. 26 about Draffin & Tucker, LLP and the opening of the firm’s second office in Atlanta two years …
Sarah Dekutowski Provides Expert Insight For Physician’s Money Digest Article, “Combat Rising Operating Costs”
Manager Sarah Dekutowski provided expert insight to Physician’s Money Digest for its Oct. 14 article, “Combat Rising Operating Costs.” The article cites a recent survey by MGMA-ACMPE that states rising operating costs are the …
Georgia Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) Surveys For 2014 Payment Data
The Department of Community Health emailed the 2014 DSH Payment Survey on September 23, 2013. This survey is due by November 8, 2013. As this due date is roughly five …
Hospital Request for Corrections and Revisions to the Wage Data
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently posted the preliminary FFY 2015 wage index public use file on their website. The file contains Worksheet S-3, Parts II and III …