title: How to establish business office incentive programs.
abstract: Incentive programs to help increase collections or reduce days in receivables are becoming popular among healthcare business offices. A successful incentive program addresses major issues during the planning stage and includes realistic incentive goals, simple measurement tools, meaningful incentive payments, and proper monitoring of results.
authors: Winona Memorial Hospital, Indianapolis, IN.
authors: L J
authors: LJ
authors: Wilkerson
mesh_terms: D004649:Employee Incentive Plans / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital; D010350:Patient Credit and Collection / Q000592:standards*; D010934:Planning Techniques; D014481:United States