Patient receivables: an opportunity for success, an excuse for failure.
Hospitals are aggressively seeking innovative ways to enhance their overall performance through converting patient accounts receivables to cash. By developing well-defined credit and collection policies and procedures, they can increase recovered dollars in a shorter time frame while reducing the cost associated with this recovery.
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D000066:Accounting / Q000379:methods*; D000067:Accounts Payable and Receivable; D005376:Financial Management / Q000379:methods*; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital / Q000379:methods*; D015285:Hospital-Patient Relations; D010350:Patient Credit and Collection / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States