Improving hospital billing and receivables management: principles for profitability.
For many hospitals, billing and receivables management are inefficient and costly. Economic recession, increasing costs for patient and provider alike, and cost-containment strategies will only compound difficulties. The author describes the foundations of an automated billing system that would save hospitals time, error, and, most importantly, money.
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Credit Research Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.
D000067:Accounts Payable and Receivable; D001330:Electronic Data Processing / Q000592:standards; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D015285:Hospital-Patient Relations; D007344:Insurance Claim Reporting / Q000592:standards; D008331:Management Information Systems / Q000592:standards*; D006278:Medicare; D010350:Patient Credit and Collection / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States