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Patients, staff face challenges with POS collections
Before patient access leaders at Peoria, IL-based OSF Healthcare implemented a new point-of-service collection initiative, patients were asked for their opinion.
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Momentum is critical with point-of-service collections
In 2015, patient access leaders at Peoria, IL-based OSF Healthcare determined that $3 million in cash was going uncollected each year. At the time, patient access collected only copays and didn’t ask for outstanding balances.
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Educators correct ‘bad habits’ during evaluations
New patient access hires are trained at Birmingham-based Children’s of Alabama in the following ways: -
Want new hires to have a valuable resource? Give them an ‘associate friend’
About 70% of patient access training at Jacksonville, FL-based Baptist Health now takes place on the job, instead of in a classroom.
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Look for these qualities in access applicants
Two recent patient access hires at Wilmington, DE-based Nemours Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children quickly advanced in the department, and both obtained certified healthcare access manager certification. At first glance, though, the applicants didn’t appear to have the desired skill set.
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Is applicant a good fit for the department? Ask his or her future colleagues
An employee satisfaction survey revealed that some patient access employees at Orlando-based Arnold Palmer Medical Center thought that their skills were not a good match for their position.
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ED registration time cut from 30 minutes to 15
Emergency department registrars cut average registration times from 30 minutes to 15 minutes at Irvine, CA-based St. Joseph Health. In addition, the admission financial clearance process is completed, on average, in just 15 minutes. -
Are clinicians rude to registrars? Morale, patient satisfaction at stake
A registrar is finishing up entering an emergency department patient’s demographic information. Suddenly, a clinician enters the room, closes out the registration screen without saying a word to the registrar, and begins talking to the patient as though the registrar isn’t present.
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Current ED Management of Abscesses in Children
MONOGRAPH: Timely, appropriate management is critical to achieve the best possible outcome. The authors review the current best practice options.
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Accidental Bowel Leakage
Although there has been increased awareness of pelvic floor disorders in recent years, fecal incontinence, defined by the unintentional loss of solid or liquid stool, remains a silent epidemic.