title: Reducing accounts receivable through benchmarking and best practices identification.
abstract: As HIM professionals look for ways to become more competitive and achieve the best results, the importance of discovering best practices becomes more apparent. Here's how one team used a benchmarking project to provide specific best practices that reduced accounts receivable days.
authors.affiliation: Premier, Inc., Charlotte, NC, USA.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Berkey
mesh_terms: D000067:Accounts Payable and Receivable; D019985:Benchmarking / Q000379:methods*; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D008500:Medical Records Department, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000458:organization & administration; D006278:Medicare; D009096:Multi-Institutional Systems / Q000458:organization & administration; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010934:Planning Techniques; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D014481:United States