title: Revenue cycle outsourcing: the real costs and benefits.
abstract: Hospitals need to consider the real financial and human costs and benefits of outsourcing before making an outsourcing decision. Hospitals should ensure that selected outsourcing contractors can meet their objectives. Hospitals need to have a contingency plan in place in case an outsourcing firm fails to meet expectations.
authors.affiliation: Stockamp & Associates, Lake Oswego, OR, USA. dstockamp@stockamp.com
authors.forename: Dale R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Stockamp
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital / Q000379:methods*; D017721:Hospital Costs; D020416:Outsourced Services / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States