Controlling external factors affecting accounts receivable.
External factors such as complex billing arrangements, decreasing healthcare benefits, and increasing numbers of uninsured workers contribute to a hospital's outstanding accounts receivable. Instituting measures for getting payment in full and as soon as possible can help control for outside influences and reduce outstanding receivables.
Ramey
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Bradley
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D000067:Accounts Payable and Receivable; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital / Q000379:methods*; D010350:Patient Credit and Collection / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States