NOW IS THE TIME TO AMEND UNFAIR NEW JERSEY DRG LAW
Early Warning Signal! Major Attack is Anticipated On Tax-Exempt Status of Funds
STATE’S DRG CASE PAYMENT SYSTEM SHIFTS COSTS TO PRIVATE SECTOR (Donald Rubin)
THE FUND REPORTER RESUMES PUBLICATION
MEET THE NEW EDITOR OF The Fund Reporter
CHOLESTEROL CONFUSION IS RAMPANT
Benefits of Lower Cholesterol Reaffirmed by Heart Groups; Public is Mislead About Cholesterol Says Author
NYS STATUE REVISIONS IN ’90 MUST CONTINUE HOSPITAL DISCOUNTING
SAMPLE OF COLLECTION FORMS USED BY NEW JERSEY HOSPITALS

The lead article and two related DRG articles continued telling the story of a bureaucratic state government effort to control and ensure the financial stability of its 70 plus acute care hospitals through a program doomed to failure. The articles describe New Jersey’s efforts and how they adversely affected millions of citizens; especially the self-insured health and welfare fund members. This Fund Reporter packed issue is worth reading because it anticipated major changes in financing of hospitals (NYS hospital reimbursement law continues right of self-insured funds to discounting). A second series of articles dealt with cholesterol health issues; a problem then in its infancy as a major public health issue which has grown into the current crisis of weight, heart, cancer, diabetes and related diseases.

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