title: When health information and fiscal management meet.
abstract: HIM professionals have skills that can allow them to contribute to the bottom line in many ways. The author describes areas where HIM expertise can make a difference in evaluating an organization's fiscal performance through analysis of services driven by health information.
authors.affiliation: First Class Solutions, St. Louis, MO, USA. rose@firstclasssolutions.com
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dunn
mesh_terms: D000067:Accounts Payable and Receivable; D000289:Admitting Department, Hospital / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration; D004608:Eligibility Determination; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005568:Forms and Records Control / Q000145:classification; D006801:Humans; D019451:Information Management / Q000191:economics*; D007344:Insurance Claim Reporting / Q000145:classification; D007349:Insurance, Health, Reimbursement; D015274:Interdepartmental Relations; D008497:Medical Record Administrators / Q000592:standards; D008500:Medical Records Department, Hospital / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration; D010350:Patient Credit and Collection; D011361:Professional Competence; D014481:United States