Baylor Scott & White Revamps Patient Payment Processes, Saves $1.5M in Agency Fees
A Dallas-based health system increased POS collection by incorporating more up-front discussions on patients’ out-of-pocket costs and offering more payment options.
Sidebar: Top 10 Most Over-Documented HCCs
Documentation of chronic conditions is increasingly important as hospitals move toward value-based payment models.
Sidebar: Top 10 Most Under-Documented HCCs
Documentation of chronic conditions is increasingly important as hospitals move toward value-based payment models.
the role of HCCs in a value-based payment system
Documentation of chronic conditions is increasingly important as hospitals move toward value-based payment models.
Optimize Patient Payments with a Unified Merchant Services Solution
By using a unified merchant services approach, healthcare organizations can give patients the ability to pay how they want, where they want, and when they want—opening opportunities to optimize revenue streams and cash flow in the process.
NYU Langone Emergency Physicians Connect Patients to Financial Counselors
Emergency physicians use an order in the electronic health record system to request financial counseling for patients who express concern about the cost of emergency care.
Time for Hospitals to Pursue a ‘Nip and Tuck’ Chargemaster Pricing Strategy?
Hospitals should balance their concern about achieving the margins they require to accomplish their missions with the need to maintain defensible pricing in an environment of increasing healthcare price transparency.
TCPA Lawsuits Are Exploding
The TCPA was never intended to prohibit or negatively affect legitimate business-related calls, but that has been the result of court decisions allowing class action lawsuits.
Patients as Payers: An Analysis of Current Trends
Patient payments have increased overall, but the actual dollar value of most individual transactions decreased by 3 percent, potentially indicating that patients are finding it difficult to come up with all the money owed at point of service.
Opioid Pattern Variations Highlight Need for Careful ICD-10 Coding
When coders capture intent, type of use, and associated manifestations for opioid abuse cases, they assist researchers in developing statistics that drive public health decisions.