title: EDI and imaging automate the business office.
abstract: By implementing electronic remittance posting and imaging in patient accounting, New York's Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center was able to eliminate 22 full-time equivalent supervisory and staff positions and save $365,000 in physical space, microfilm and media costs the first year the new system was operational. Memorial Sloan-Kettering currently is participating in a pilot program with its Medicare fiscal intermediary to determine how EDI can be used to manage claim-status information between payer and provider. By combining EDI, fax, and imaging technologies, Memorial Sloan-Kettering is making its patient accounting process more efficient and providing better service to its patients.
authors.affiliation: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: McBride
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Moynihan
mesh_terms: D002173:Cancer Care Facilities / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003201:Computers; D003363:Cost Control; D001330:Electronic Data Processing; D004608:Eligibility Determination; D007345:Insurance Claim Review / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics; D009519:New York City; D009817:Office Management; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling; D014481:United States