The key to increased revenue in the Emergency Room is a patient-centered focus. As a patient, one of the main healthcare criticisms is waiting for hours and hours in the Emergency Department (ED).
Summary: Are you managing ED throughput effectively? How do your ED wait times compare with national, regional and local […]
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In December of last year (2013), Congress passed a two-year budget deal that delayed the start of the planned cuts to Medicaid disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payments. These cuts, which were originally scheduled to take effect at the beginning of fiscal year 2014, have now been pushed out to the start of fiscal year 2016.
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Obamacare mandates that you have insurance or pay a penalty. Now, physicians are refusing to take patients who have insurance? Is this counterintuitive? How will this affect the “affordable” and “accessible” care which Obamacare strives to achieve?
Point-of-service payments reduce self-pay balances, and lead to revenue cycle improvement
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The healthcare sector as we know it is changing rapidly. Reimbursement cutbacks are rampant. How are you coping with these changes? Are you maximizing reimbursement? Are you analyzing your revenue cycle? Are you reviewing and auditing your claim denials? Have you looked at scheduling? How about billing and coding?
Patients are at the center of the medical practice, and with the emphasis on coding, billing, revenue, and all […]
Healthcare Predictive Modeling will be the savvy organizations best friend in 2014Over the past […]