When Leading and Managing Others: First Do No Harm
A five step model helps leaders focus on the potential ethical issues behind their decisions.
Making ACO Participation Pay Off
Delaware Valley ACO’s emphasis on improving care while lowering costs has proven effective, demonstrated by an increase in members from 5,000 to 200,000 in three years.
Developing an Effective Revenue Cycle Meeting Agenda
An effective revenue cycle department meeting covers KPI updates, challenges and successes, and input from other department leaders as needed.
Ask the Experts: Staffing Models
Is there a hospital business office staffing model or documentation that includes number of billers, collectors, precertification, authorization specialists, and customer service?
Ask the Experts: ACO Staffing and Training
We are moving into an accountable care organization (ACO) model this year. What skills should we be targeting for our finance staff to ramp up for the change?
Ask the Experts: Rural Hospital Resources
I work at a rural 24-bed critical access hospital and am looking for a finance policy and procedure manual, as well as a payroll specialist job description.
Geisinger’s Money Back Guarantee Targets Patient Experience
By offering a money-back guarantee for service, Geisinger Health System hopes to learn how to achieve 100 percent patient satisfaction.
Revenue Cycle: Cost Center or Strategic Asset?
“If you begin to view your revenue cycle as an asset versus overhead, you begin to make strategic investments in that asset and you begin to develop and grow that asset,” says Jeffery Hurst of Florida Hospital.
Ask the Expert: Benchmarks for CAH Lab FTEs
Are there benchmarks for critical access hospitals with respect to the number of FTEs in the Laboratory department based on volume of tests processed?
Vice President of Revenue Cycle
Average Cash Compensation $ 287,600