title: Accelerating the self-pay revenue cycle through e-billing and e-payment.
abstract: As consumers assume a larger percentage of their healthcare costs, electronic payment systems can provide time savings on the front end and reduce bad consumer debt on the back end. Proponents say the systems increase staff efficiency and add a "green element to paper-strewn offices.
authors.affiliation: PSC Info Group, Valley Forge, PA, USA. msnow@pscinfogroup.com
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Snow
mesh_terms: D057172:Economic Recession; D001330:Electronic Data Processing; D017048:Health Care Costs; D005102:Health Expenditures; D006801:Humans; D019458:Insurance Coverage / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D010350:Patient Credit and Collection / Q000379:methods*; D058991:Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; D014481:United States