Hospital/Health Care Associations
Nearly 40 state hospital/health care associations throughout the United States have used DataGen products and services to determine the impact of federal health policy on their states’ hospitals and health systems. Currently 25 associations use the full suite of KeySTATS products and services.
Advocacy Tools
KeySTATS®
Drawing from national and statewide databases that contain financial and clinical information, KeySTATS provides health care organizations with the information they need to make sound, informed decisions in today’s dynamic health care environment.
Community Economic Benefit Statement
Facility- and region-specific economic benefit reports that demonstrate hospitals’ direct and indirect impact on the local economy.
Education
As part of its product support and services, DataGen provides clients with educational information and summaries about critical health care legislation and regulations, updates on changes that affect reimbursement and health care operations, and ongoing two-way client communication through conference calls and meetings. Periodically, DataGen prepares summaries of both proposed and final rules developed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that are related to: Hospital Inpatient PPS, Outpatient PPS, Rehabilitation PPS, Psychiatric PPS, Home Health PPS, and Skilled Nursing PPS.
Operational Support
Medicare Hospital Revenue Forecaster®
Since 1998, hospitals nationwide have used the unique Medicare Hospital Revenue Forecaster®. This interactive planning tool assists hospitals in preparing their Medicare budgets by projecting hospital-specific annual payments for the next ten hospital fiscal years, based on Medicare rules in effect each year, national estimates of marketbasket increases, and hospital estimates of volume changes.
KeySTATS is a registered service mark of HANYS Services, Inc.
Medicare Hospital Revenue Forecaster is a registered trademark of the Healthcare Association of New York State.