Charging for CS supplies by bundling low-cost items.
The authors describe how their hospital developed a new method to charge for CS supplies--by bundling low-cost items as an average daily patient charge added into the room rate--with the hope of increasing productivity, cutting down on expenses and maintaining reasonable revenues.
Berthiaume
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HealthEast Hospitals, St. Paul, MN.
Bernard
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D000066:Accounting / Q000379:methods*; D002495:Central Supply, Hospital / Q000191:economics*; D003361:Cost Allocation / Q000379:methods; D005249:Fees and Charges; D008910:Minnesota; D009096:Multi-Institutional Systems / Q000191:economics*; D010350:Patient Credit and Collection / Q000379:methods; D013597:Systems Analysis