title: Reimbursement profile of a private toxicology practice.
abstract: This article presents two years of billing and collection data for a bedside toxicology consultation service. The collections rate was 34% or dollars 26.19 per hour of consultative time. There was an inverse correlation between collection rates and patient acuity.
authors.affiliation: Evanston Northwestern Health Care, OMEGA, Glenbrook Hospital, Glenview, IL 60026, USA. jleikin@enh.org
authors.forename: Jerrold B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Leikin
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vogel
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Samo
authors.forename: Pamela
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Stevens
authors.forename: Frank G
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Walter
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007349:Insurance, Health, Reimbursement / Q000191:economics*; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000191:economics*; D011331:Private Practice / Q000191:economics*; D014116:Toxicology / Q000191:economics*