Health Care Professionals

Health care professionals in Arkansas and nationwide face numerous challenges — geographic, economic and educational barriers to patient care; staying up-to-the-minute on the latest standards of care; and keeping up with changing policies, paperwork and payor requirements, to name just a few. And all while serving a growing and increasingly diverse patient population.

Because many of us are current or former clinicians and health care professionals, AFMC understands. We are here as a resource for you and the communities you serve — helping you navigate the Medicare and Medicaid systems; providing information about national standards of care; and offering free tools, such as posters, brochures, chart stickers and fact sheets, that can make patient and staff education and communication easier and more effective.

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Hospitals must deliver “Important Message”

Paperwork may not be the most glamorous or fulfilling part of providing health care in a hospital, but it’s crucial to make sure patients have all the information they need to make decisions about their care.

For Medicare patients, that includes the information in “An Important Message from Medicare.” Since July 2007, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has required hospitals to deliver a revised version of this form to Medicare beneficiaries who receive inpatient treatment.

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