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University of Louisville Hospital - A case history of obtaining government reimbursement for charges of self-pay patients
Chamberlin Edmonds, April 14, 2009
How can a hospital get potential bad debts shifted into paid categories?
One way is to get patients qualified for reimbursement through various government programs. Hospital staffers may lack the expertise skills needed to track applications through a long, perilous path to approval. And they have too many other duties.
That's why University of Louisville Hospital brought in Chamberlin Edmonds. $90 million later, it looks like the hospital made a good decision.
BY:
Chamberlin Edmonds
www.chamberlinedmonds.com
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