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Patient access departments are moving the financial counseling process to the point of scheduling and helping providers to address patients concerns about the cost of care.
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As the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) continues its emphasis on discharge planning, its more important than ever to create a comprehensive discharge plan that provides everything patients need to manage in the next level of care, some experts say.
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Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare in Glendale, WI, is participating in only two of the plans available on the Health Insurance Exchange Marketplace.
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Patient access departments need revamped processes to be sure patients are informed of available financial assistance, to comply with a proposed rule from the Internal Revenue Service.
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Dramatic changes in healthcare are a call to action for patient access, warns Katherine H. Murphy, CHAM, vice president of revenue cycle consulting in the Oakbrook Terrace, IL, office of Passport, part of Experian, a provider of technology for hospitals and healthcare providers.
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Claims denials will result if patient access staff incorrectly identify the correct payer when patients present with coverage obtained on the Health Insurance Exchange Marketplace.
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Even the best hospitals are likely to get something wrong during a survey, and Paul Ziaya, MD, a surveyor in his tenth year with The Joint Commission, has an encyclopedic knowledge of the ones that are most likely to be a problem.
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AHC Medias Hospital Report blog won first place for Best Blog or Commentary at SIPA 2014: Strategies for Growth, the annual conference for specialized information publishers, held June 4-6 in Washington, DC
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Hospitals and health systems might be interested in several of the initiatives announced by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) at its Health Datapalooza event this spring, which brought more than 2,000 entrepreneurs, health policy advocates, and health industry leaders together.
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When the CEO of Virginia Commonwealth Universitys health system said he wanted to be the safest health system in America, six years ago, he wasnt just talking.