Compliance
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NAHAM to hold annual conference
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Patients create their own estimates
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Extra steps needed for 'exchange' plans
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Establish rapport with payer reps
Patient access managers must stay in contact with their assigned provider representatives and establish a good working relationship with these individuals. -
CMS' two-midnight rule: Who must sign off?
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`Balance billing' leaves patients shocked
In emergent situations, paperwork is often the last thing on a patient's mind. -
Hospital cuts denials by 63% despite a surge in payers
Patient access areas are seeing more procedures requiring authorization, a surge in the number of insured patients, and more clinical requirements from payers. All of these factors make an increase in claims denials - and much lost reimbursement - very likely. -
How you can address price-shopping patients
Patient access departments are offering financial counseling and online price estimates to patients who call with questions about cost. -
CDC: Document measles immunity of HCWs
Despite widespread vaccination against measles, some health care workers remain susceptible and they have a much greater chance of contracting the disease than the general public, according to a recent report. -
Setting the ultimate safety benchmark
Rather than compare needlestick rates with other hospitals, she looks at her own injury trends. "Zero needlesticks is my goal," says Dicristina. "It doesn't matter to me how many employees I have because if you're the employee who gets stuck, it's catastrophic."