title: Benchmarking process reaps reductions in Medicare A/R days.
abstract: Preventing bottlenecks in the cash flow process. When one of the nation's largest hospital alliances launched a program to develop benchmarks for accounts receivable processes, it discovered a wide disparity in practices among the participating health systems. Further analysis disclosed best practices that help improve the economic vitality of hospitals. Find out what those practices are.
mesh_terms: D000067:Accounts Payable and Receivable; D019985:Benchmarking / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D007349:Insurance, Health, Reimbursement; D007629:Kentucky; D008332:Management Quality Circles; D006278:Medicare; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling; D013714:Tennessee; D014481:United States