All Entries in the "Patient Access Advisor newsletter archives" Category
Patient Access Advisor, May, 2007
Check out the May 2007 edition of Patient Access Advisor, which features:
- UNCHCS increases access, improves financial assistance for patients
- Access must play role in financing program, vendor selection
- NPI implementation causing confusion for many providers
- CMS proposes changes to ABNs; comments end April 24
- Discharge planning: More patients out by noon could mean boost to customer service, organization’s bottom line
- Special report: Registration accuracy rates (PDF only)
May 01, 2007 | Dom Nicastro | Comments 0
Patient Access Advisor, April, 2007
Check out the April 2007 edition of Patient Access Advisor, which features:
- UNC system turns adversity into significant process improvement initiative
- Payment arrangements: Develop a policy with structure
- Worried about retail clinics taking space on your turf?
- Climbing the career ladder in patient access
- ED overcrowding: Staff at one facility go the extra mile
- Training tool: Revenue cycle competency quiz (PDF only)
April 01, 2007 | Dom Nicastro | Comments 0
Patient Access Advisor, March, 2007
Check out the March 2007 edition of Patient Access Advisor, which features:
- Auditing patient access: How one health system benefits from technology
- High-deductible health plans: How to sidestep your payer restrictions on up-front collections
- Watch out for limited benefits plans, identification plans
- Ease the flow: New position helps Pennsylvania emergency department run more smoothly
March 01, 2007 | Dom Nicastro | Comments 0
Patient Access Advisor, February, 2007
Check out the February 2007 edition of Patient Access Advisor, which features:
- QA: Scoring method helps identify training needs, improve staff competency
- Strategies to hire the right quality assurance leader for your patient access staff, competency program
- How to find the right registrar: Tips to avoid hiring incompetent staff for your organization’s front door
- Using diversions in a different way
- Nonemergency surgical prepayments: How a consistent approach lightens the load for patients, providers
February 01, 2007 | Dom Nicastro | Comments 0
Patient Access Advisor, January 2007
Check out the January 2007 edition of Patient Access Advisor, which features:
- Not-for-profit group exploring technological tool to fix
- FQHCs: Providing hospitals lessons of patient convenience
- Revised DRGs: Prepare for impact on service lines
- Staff training should be an integral part of any provider’s pricing transparency initiative in 2007
- PAA 2006 index
January 01, 2007 | Dom Nicastro | Comments 0