States lurch toward revamping Medicaid donation programs

States that are facing federal deadlines for revamping their Medicaid provider tax and donation programs have taken on the task with varying degrees of success. Only a few have enacted new programs to comply with a 1991 law aimed at curbing perceived abuses. And those that have crafted new programs have done so without the guidance of HCFA's rules.

An issue-charged first year for AHA's Davidson

Reclassification and reform were major issues in Richard Davidson's first year as president of the American Hospital Assn. Those issues, as well as a litany of other budget and legislative battles, promise to rank among his biggest challenges during his second year in office. He's cleared the first hurdle in the reform battle--finding a plan most AHA members can accept.