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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.
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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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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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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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Tips from Anthony M. Bruno, MPA, MEd, Director of Patient Access and Business Operations, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia.
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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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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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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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Public health experts continue to puzzle over the possible link between the smallpox vaccine and heart problems, as they investigate four recent cases of serious heart ailments.