The Joint Commission (TJC)
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Successful `first run' at e-learning
Modules will be tweaked, updated -
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.