All
RSSArticles
-
COVID-19 Pandemic Closes Many Surgery Centers
The COVID-19 pandemic has led many surgery centers to close and surgeons to put off elective surgeries. Several professional associations have released guidelines to help the industry figure out where to go from here.
-
Financial Counseling During COVID-19: Mix of Old School, New Tech
Registrars working remotely still have to carry out regular duties, which calls for using some old and new tricks alike.
-
Revamped ED Registration for COVID-19: ‘All Hands on Deck’
A detailed look at how registrars can help busy emergency department workers intake COVID-19 patients.
-
Registration Areas with Low Volumes: ‘Great Deal of Down Time’
At some facilities, registrars may have little to work on during the COVID-19 crisis. Instead of intaking patients for elective procedures or collecting copays, these staffers are finding other ways to contribute.
-
Flexible Shifts Smooth Sudden Transition to Remote Work
Hospital registration has suddenly moved from face-to-face encounters that happen right when the patient presents, to a work queue-based task handled remotely.
-
Revenue Cycle at Forefront of Organizational Changes
At hospitals across the United States, administrators had to quickly create effective processes to separate COVID-19 patients from other patients. Revenue cycle leaders have been closely involved in this.
-
Registrars Redeployed to Cover Overwhelmed EDs
Facilities are shuffling staff to relieve emergency department staff trying to keep up with COVID-19 triage.
-
For Patient Access, COVID-19 Means ‘New Normal Every Day’
Countless news stories are reporting on what clinicians are facing in overwhelmed emergency departments and intensive care units during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, few people realize what is going on behind the scenes in patient access.
-
Study Examines Failed Self-Managed Abortions in Texas
A recent study revealed that nearly 7% of women seeking abortion services at Texas facilities in 2012 and 2014 reported they had attempted to self-manage their abortion before visiting the clinic. In states like Texas, where most abortion clinics closed because of restrictive state laws, accessing an abortion clinic is challenging. Barriers to safe and legal abortions appeared to be associated with women attempting self-management of abortion.
-
Contraceptive Access Issues Require a Different Kind of Understanding
Contraceptive access initiatives often have focused on long-acting contraceptive methods, such as intrauterine devices and implants. These initiatives analyzed provider-level and financial access barriers to contraceptive methods. But this way of thinking has changed. Family planning experts now are examining access issues within a person-centered contraceptive care framework. This framework conceptualizes access according to what individual women want in contraceptives — not just around what they can afford and what is available.