title: In patient accounts management, five simple objectives still rule the day.
abstract: Although patient accounts management has become crowded with complications, a winning staff follows time-tested rules. All departmental goals branch out from one top priority: to decrease accounts receivable.
authors: Deaconess Hospital, Cincinnati, OH.
authors: M T
authors: MT
authors: Cole
mesh_terms: D000066:Accounting; D000067:Accounts Payable and Receivable; D005376:Financial Management; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010350:Patient Credit and Collection; D010934:Planning Techniques; D014481:United States