title: Where there's a bill, there's...a way. HCA units are handling bill collecting, other services for providers, while Tenet considers getting a piece of the action.
abstract: Hospitals are just not in the business of collecting money," says Suzanne Lestina, left, of the Healthcare Financial Management Association. "It's not their expertise." To tackle that problem, HCA-by way of a subsidiary-is now selling itself as a provider of those collection services. While it's too early to call this a trend, other organizations say they have pondered employing similar strategies.
authors: Vince
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authors: Galloro
mesh_terms: D005377:Financial Management, Hospital / Q000379:methods*; D006777:Hospitals, Proprietary / Q000191:economics*; D009096:Multi-Institutional Systems / Q000191:economics*; D020416:Outsourced Services; D010350:Patient Credit and Collection / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States