Revenue Cycle Strategist: July/August 2017 Issue

June 29, 2017 12:15 pm

Subscribers to Revenue Cycle Strategist may access the individual articles below.

Population Health

Screening and Coding for Homelessness

By Lola Butcher

Health systems are recognizing that homelessness is a root cause of high healthcare utilization, but most systems do not screen and code for homelessness. Revenue cycle, patient access, and coding staff can play a role to improve homeless patient outcomes and reduce avoidable utilization by screening for and documenting homelessness.

     Sidebar:  Yale New Haven Hospital Homeless Patient Screening Tool

Staff Development

Hiring for Effective Post-Service Revenue Cycle Performance

By Erin Murphy

Revenue cycle leaders agree that positive, motivated candidates can overcome a lack of back-end knowledge and experience to become valuable employees.

Managed Care

No-Pay Policy for Non-Emergent ED Use Spreading

By Rich Daly

A growing number of health plans are not paying for non-emergency patient use of the ED.

Medicaid Payments

From our sponsor, Parallon

10 Critical Medicaid Trends to Watch

By Marie Hinds

It is important for hospitals and health systems to forecast the impact of proposed healthcare legislation on Medicaid payments, eligibility teams, and patients.

Figure at a Glance

Bad Debt, Charity Care Contribute To Differences in Patient Revenue 

Low margin hospitals may be receiving reduced payments from commercial insurance, which may contribute to their lower net patient revenues.

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