title: What makes a physician revenue cycle tick.
abstract: Hospitals should boost the revenue cycle performance of acquired physician practices by: Effectively assimilating the physician practice into the overall organization. Standardizing revenue cycle processes, policies, and tools between the hospital and physician practice. Enhancing physician/patient scheduling policies and procedures. Regularly auditing physician documentation and periodically comparing hospital charges against practice charges. Improving procedures for responding to denials.
authors.affiliation: Paragon Health, Southlake, Texas, USA. tfreeman@paragonhlth.com
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Freeman
authors.forename: Stan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stephen
mesh_terms: D004469:Economics, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009935:Organizational Affiliation; D020443:Practice Valuation and Purchase; D011682:Purchasing, Hospital; D014481:United States