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As facilities face increasing workloads that leave less time to pursue unpaid claims and collections, an increasing number are turning to outsourcing as a solution.
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When a claim isnt paid in a timely manner, your billers need to document communication with the payer and follow up with e-mails, said Ann S. Deters, MBA, CPA, CEO and founder of SevenD & Associates, an Effingham, IL-based consulting and management company affiliated with 17 surgery centers.
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As the newly hired patient financial services director at St. Helena Hospital in Deer Park, CA, Kim Meredith was ready to put her focus on reducing the institutions denial rate.
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Health care workers need an annual influenza vaccine to protect themselves and their patients, advise national infection control officials.
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Medication safety, improved communications, and reduction of falls are among the new additions to the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations 2005 National Patient Safety Goals.
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While the threat of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) has subsided, public health experts are becoming increasingly concerned about the potential for pandemic influenza coming from a highly pathogenic avian influenza strain in Asia.
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All patients who present to a health care setting with fever and respiratory symptoms should be managed according to recommendations for respiratory hygiene and cough etiquette and questioned regarding their recent travel history.
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WV plan helps elderly stay in their homes; List of resources aids HIPAA compliance; Homebound definition test chooses three states; Providers receive award for palliative care; Audio conference gets your agency ready for flu.
