title: Contracting to improve your revenue cycle performance.
abstract: The following key drivers of commercial contract variability can have a material effect on your hospital's revenue cycle: Claim form variance. Benefit design. Contract complexity. Coding variance. Medical necessity. Precertification/authorization. Claim adjudication/appeal requirements. Additional documentation requirements. Timeliness of payment. Third-party payer activity.
authors.affiliation: ECG Management Consultants, Inc, Arlington, VA, USA. twelter@ecgmc.com
authors.forename: Terri L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Welter
authors.forename: George A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Semko
authors.forename: Tony
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: Roberta
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lauer
mesh_terms: D032982:Contracts / Q000191:economics*; D004469:Economics, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational / Q000191:economics; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D020416:Outsourced Services / Q000191:economics