Don’t stop with primary collections: the value of a secondary bad debt placement strategy
The natural churn of primary collections is where so much revenue can get missed. It is within this dynamic that the value of secondary placements lies.
4 medical debt facts that call for provider action
The numbers behind patient medical debt point to serious implications for the health of the U.S. population and the country’s economy.
Ask the Experts: Up-Front Reserves
What is the industrywide uncollectable percentage for accounts receivable that hospitals can set aside as up-front reserves?
Navigating Bad Payer Behavior in Emergency Services Billing
Weaver Hickerson and Tyler Williams propose three strategies to mitigate risk of denials in the emergency department in the wake of changes in insurer policy.
Ask the Experts: Analyzing Bad Debt
What are best practices related to aging accounts receivable buckets and determination of reserve rate-based time frames?
Ask the Experts: Presumptive Eligibility
Is a free service provided on the basis of presumptive eligibility allowable for charity on Medicare’s cost report worksheet S-10?
New Best Practices for Reporting Bad Debt
Credit reporting is becoming less effective as a result of new regulations and evolving hospital bad debt programs.
Metro Health Improves Cash Flow by Offering New Payment Options
Metro Health’s payment options include community benefit discounts, charity care sliding scales, and a zero-percent interest payment plan, which has improved cash flow and flattened bad debt.
Ask the Experts: Medicare Small Balance Payments
Is there any concern if copayment under a certain amount are written off?
Not-for-Profit Hospitals Demonstrate Value
The community benefits provided by not-for-profit hospitals outweigh the federal tax revenue that is not collected from these organizations.