Cost justifying the electronic billing decision.
Many patient accounts professionals have a "gut" feeling that electronic billing systems save hospitals time and money. But they need more than a gut feeling to convince hospital management to invest in such systems. The key is to make some objective financial estimates of the potential impact that electronic billing can have on hospitals.
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D000067:Accounts Payable and Receivable; D003195:Computer Communication Networks / Q000191:economics*; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D001330:Electronic Data Processing / Q000191:economics*; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital / Q000379:methods*; D007344:Insurance Claim Reporting / Q000639:trends*; D010350:Patient Credit and Collection / Q000379:methods*; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms; D014481:United States