title: Preauthorized payments system rescues the "self-pay" portion of patient accounts from "no-pay" status.
abstract: Delinquencies on the self-pay portion of patient accounts are rising alarmingly. Creative medical practice personnel are seeking new methods to solve this problem. Preauthorized payments, more common among insurers, are proving to be one solution.
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Unland
mesh_terms: D002641:Chicago; D003625:Data Collection; D003669:Deductibles and Coinsurance; D006801:Humans; D007344:Insurance Claim Reporting / Q000639:trends*; D010350:Patient Credit and Collection / Q000379:methods*; D011340:Problem Solving; D014481:United States