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.
Ask the Experts Answer: Medicare Crossovers to Medicaid Bad Debt
If Medicaid contractualizes all or some of the amount deemed as coinsurance by Medicare, can the contractual amount be claimed as part of the bad debt on the cost report? Or, are we only able to claim the amount that Medicaid notes as being the copay or deductible on the cost report?
Ask the Expert: Early Out Percentage for Bad Debt Collection Agency
Early out percentage for bad debt collection agency.
Ask the Expert: Adjusting and Automating Self-Pay Accounts
Adjusting and automoating self-pay accounts.
Calculating Uncompensated Care Costs
Formulas you can use as a guide to gauge uncompensated care costs within your organization.
HFMA’s Comment Letter on CMS’s Proposed Rule to Delay ICD-10
HFMA prepared a comment on the CMS proposal to change the compliance date for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS medical data code sets that was published in the April 17, 2012, Federal Register.
The Story of Jack, a Patient of the Future
A PATIENT FRIENDLY BILLING® Project Resource Jack visits his internal medicine doctor to follow up on a sinus infection. When Jack made the appointment on the physician's secure website, he also updated his medical file with a description of the
Patient Friendly Billing Project
The Patient Friendly Billing® project promotes clear, concise, and correct patient-friendly financial communications.
Revenue Cycle Forum Tools
Real-life spreadsheets, policies, and other resources that you can download and start using—today!
Ask the Experts Answer: Admit Date or Discharge Date
Q When a patient presents in the ER shortly before midnight and the patient is subsequently seen by the ER MD after midnight, what is the correct date of service for this visit? The admit date or the discharge date?