title: Steering clear of billing black holes in academic medical centers.
abstract: Reimbursement challenges cross all types of physician organizations, including academic medical centers where physicians and administrative leaders have a reduced degree of process-management control. This article discusses key processes that often result in lost revenues to an academic department, and how the department and academic billing entity can prevent those losses.
authors.affiliation: KarenZupko & Associates, 625 N. Michigan Avenue, Suite 702, Chicago, IL 60611, USA. swisk@karenzupko.com
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wiskerchen
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration; D000067:Accounts Payable and Receivable; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational / Q000191:economics; D007344:Insurance Claim Reporting; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms; D014481:United States