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Ask the Expert: Patient Access Productivity Standards

A list of patient access productivity standards for revenue cycle leaders.

Array October 25, 2012

Ask the Expert: CMS Statements for Medicare Patients

States--not CMS--have regulations in place related to timely patient notification of the availability of financial assistance/charity, as well as a statement that includes a summary of charges.

Array October 25, 2012

Ask the Expert: Patient Price Estimation

Advice for revenue cycle leaders on HFMA and online resources for determining patient price estimation.

Array October 25, 2012

Ask the Expert: Patient Responsibility Estimation

Advice for revenue cycle leaders on approaches for estimating patient responsibility.

Array October 25, 2012

Ask the Expert: Setting Industry Standards for Call Center Activities

Advice for revenue cycle leaders on how they should establish standards for call center activities based on their specific processes.

Array October 25, 2012

Tool: 5010 Checklist

A checklist to help your organization transition from 4010 to the 5010 transaction set by Jan. 1, 2012.

Array October 25, 2012

Tool: Comprehensive Revenue Cycle Flowchart

Brian Vander Mey compiled input from his peers and his own research into a flowchart that documents revenue cycle processes-for providers and payers-from beginning to end.

Array October 25, 2012

Managed Care Ask the Expert Answer – Robotic Surgery

 Q Are commercial payers paying for additional charges billed by hospitals for robotic surgery? At least one payer that pays on a % of charges basis is not paying the charges for the robotic surgery, additional OR time, etc. and

Array October 25, 2012

Managed Care Ask the Expert Answer – Payer Report Card

Q We are beginning to develop a Payer Report Card and instead of "creating the wheel" do you have a report card that you have already developed that you would be willing to share with us? A Similar to your

Array October 25, 2012

Managed Care Ask the Expert Answer – Medical Cost Trends

Q I have a question that I am hoping you can answer. What is medical cost trends for the private sector in 2010? I know that the Costs were expected to grow 9.6% in 2009 compared with 9.9% in 2008.

Array October 25, 2012