title: Billing rules for medical managers.
abstract: The stages of billing, commencing with the patient referral, are shown in Figure 1. The process of billing is a core function of a provider unit. Consequently, procedures must be in place which allow the system to run effectively and smoothly. The process is mostly managed by administrative and financial staff supported by increasingly sophisticated information technology. The amount of billing is increasing as purchasers steadily shift from block contracts to cost and volume and cost per case contracts.
authors.affiliation: St Bartholomew's Hospital, West Smithfield, London.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Graham
mesh_terms: D004739:England; D005376:Financial Management; D006801:Humans; D010350:Patient Credit and Collection; D013222:State Medicine / Q000191:economics*