title: Effective payment delay resolution: it's all in the details.
abstract: Health information management processes that should be carefully monitored to reduce payment delays include: Chart retrieval, assembly, and analysis. Loose paper filing. Transcription turnaround times. Timeliness of coding and abstracting. Coder productivity. Management of discharged not final billed.
authors.affiliation: Certus Corporation, Oakland, Calif, USA. mmoriuchi@certuscorp.com
authors.forename: Mori
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Moriuchi
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Draper
mesh_terms: D017598:Efficiency, Organizational / Q000191:economics*; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms; D014481:United States