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The summer 2003 Industry HIPAA survey conducted by HIMSS (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society) and Phoenix Health Systems found that not enough time was seen as the major roadblock to meeting the Oct. 16 implementation deadline for transactions and code sets. And that report helped set the stage for CMS and others to apply their contingency plans and continue to accept noncompliant claims.
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In testimony before the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging, the president of the American Clinical Laboratory Association said that although labs are committed to compliance with the transaction standards, the Department of Health and Human Services needs to provide more specific guidance to assist providers struggling with implementation and also must streamline the mechanisms for development and maintenance of the transaction standards.
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Insured patient visits behind ED increase; AHA form available to report problems; Part A deductible rise set for 2004, HHS says; pay raise predicted for new registrars
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As hospitals put procedures in place for the possible reemergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome during the approaching respiratory disease season, the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a draft report designed to assist in those efforts.
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Can you imagine the advantage of having a full-time systems analyst in the patient access department, working with access staff on a daily basis to solve information systems problems days, maybe weeks before a service request would have been answered by your organizations IS department? That is reality at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center - Presbyterian.
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Tips from Anthony M. Bruno, MPA, MEd, Director of Patient Access and Business Operations, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia.
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South Shore Hospital in Weymouth, MA, is collecting thousands of dollars more each month, thanks to a new initiative aimed at making sure patients are aware in advance of their copays.
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A relationship of cooperation and mutual respect between access and the billing department is at the heart of a successful quality initiative at Childrens Health Care of Atlanta.
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Frontline access management staff at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston face excruciating tasks on a daily basis.
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The dialogue among Hospital Access Management readers continues as access managers work to fine-tune processes and enhance cash collection in the emergency department.
