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Before a centralized pre-registration department was created at Cambridge (MA) Health Alliance, patients sometimes received unpleasant, unexpected news when they arrived for a scheduled appointment not about their medical condition, but their insurance coverage.
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Patient access employees arrived for work before Hurricane Sandy in October knowing that their shift could last for 24 hours or more, reports Linda Radcliffe, CHAM, manager of patient business services at Virtua Berlin, a hospital in Berlin, NJ.
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Every patient access employee at Cambridge (MA) Health Alliance (CHA) participated in a massive training program provided by the organizations training, customer service, and information technology departments before a new preregistration program was rolled out, says Bettye Sabree, MHA, director of pre-registration and centralized referrals.
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Before a pre-registration department was created at the organization, insurance requirements for patients to identify a primary care provider used to result in delays in scheduled procedures fairly often, until a pre-registration department was created, says Bettye Sabree, MHA, director of pre-registration and centralized referrals at Cambridge Health Alliance in Medford, MA.
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Collections surged by 25% the first year after a bonus program was implemented in 2010 at The University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville.
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Controversy over photo identification has been in the news a lot in recent months, specifically in regard to laws passed by some states that require photo identification when voting, according to the National Association of Healthcare Access Management.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention answers to common questions on reporting health care worker influenza vaccination rates include the following.
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A survey of nearly 5,500 cancer patients found that those with lower incomes were less likely to be enrolled in clinical trials, and more likely to be concerned about paying for participation in a trial.
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IRBs could improve and expedite their review process by hiring someone to pre-review submissions, an expert suggests.
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As the hurricane season picks up and the potential for other types of emergencies continues, a research institution might find it necessary to transfer its IRB-approved research to another institution. Or an IRB simply might need to transfer a single study for a variety of reasons. Federal guidance on how to handle these contingencies now is available.