Health Governance Report, March 2008

Inside:

Compliance: Not just an office down the hall

Payer mix, ED crowding drive emergency physician comp

Avoiding the (nearly) inevitable

The housing market's ripple effect on healthcare collections

If you can measure it, you can improve it

Compliance: Not just an office down the hall

by Corey Christman

In the past decade, the meaning of the word compliance has transformed in the healthcare industry. It began as a term that simply implied correct coding and reimbursement, but in recent years compliance has become a concept that encompasses best practices, quality, and the innate operations of a hospital or health system.