Denial Management
The IOFM Payments Summit (www.iofm.com) examined the opportunities, challenges and business drivers for emerging payments automation technologies and processes. Billers and banks need strategies for managing multiple payment channels and transitioning remittance and lockbox operations from paper checks to multi-channel electronic payments inputs. The beauty of this show was in its diversity of thought leadership and vision for the future.
Read MoreRunning a successful practice relies on getting reimbursed for services in a timely manner. After all, the best physician and staff can only operate while the bills are being paid. Coding and billing can be a time consuming function in any practice, but proper coding and timely submission are necessary. Often, healthcare practices find themselves inundated with claims denials that must be made up by either resubmitting the claim, passing the payment off to the patient or writing the charge off.
Read MoreExceptional leadership and innovative solutions have improved patient care and risk management. Case management and interdepartmental IT integration have improved efficiency. Streamlining patient assessment and incorporating bedside admission technological are reducing patient stress levels. However, even with all of the positive adjustments in recent years, hospitals struggle to provide high-quality continuity of care without exhausting the operating budget.
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