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Web Exclusive: Health Insurer Web Portal Aims to Simplify Physicians' Paperwork Processing
Beginning next month, healthcare providers in Ohio will have the opportunity to tackle the time and expense of...
Adopt a 'Retailish' Approach to Self-Pay Collections
"Retailish" is the word Red Gillen, senior analyst at Celent, a New York–based consulting firm, uses to...
UnitedHealth's Ingenix acquiring AIM Healthcare
Ingenix, the UnitedHealth Group subsidiary that faced scrutiny over its databases used by insurers to set reimbursement...
Web Exclusive: Ten Strategies for Capturing All Reimbursements
Healthcare providers can mitigate the impact of the recession and protect their long-term financial outlook by...
Hospitals see fewer uninsured patients
With unemployment rising in a sputtering U.S. economy, many analysts and investors expected hospital chains to take a...
Web Exclusive: A Bottom-Line Look at the Latest Consumer Health Survey
Once again research confirms what we have been hearing anecdotally: Consumers are not accessing care at the levels they...
Hospitals mine data to identify those likely to pay
Services such as credit scoring help nonprofit hospitals identify patients who qualify for charity or free care, those...
No room for patience: Hospitals seeking payments up front
Like many hospitals around the country, Abington (PA) Memorial Hospital has started to ask patients for their money up...
Largest chain of clinics serving needy families in Chicago increases fees for uninsured patients
As thousands of people are losing jobs and medical coverage, the largest chain of medical clinics serving needy...
Grassley would add hospital scrutiny to stimulus bill
Sen. Chuck Grassley has been eyeing nonprofit hospitals for years, and now he wants to fold some of his ideas for...

Book: The RAC Survival Guide:
The RAC Survival Guide is a comprehensive resource that will help you navigate the complex RAC process from beginning...
Book: The New Era of Healthcare: Practical Strategies for Providers and Payers
This book focuses on methods to forge a partnership between healthcare providers and managed care payers. It contains...
Book: The How-To Manual for Rehab Documentation, Third Edition
Since our last edition, there have been significant changes to the rules and regulations surrounding documentation in...
Book: The Medicare Part B Billing Manual for Long-Term Care
This 150-page book breaks down Part B billing into separate revenue streams and includes examples of how to fill out...
Book: Healthcare Price, Cost & Utilization Benchmarks, Volume VI
Whether you are a healthcare provider or a managed care organization, up-to-date benchmarks are critical to successful...
Audio Conference: Medicare Billing Under RUG-IV
Audio Conference: Consolidated billing: Solutions you need for reimbursement success
Audio Conference: Strategies for SNF Beneficiary Notification Success:
Beneficiary notifications are an ongoing challenge for SNFs, mainly due to the confusing requirements for the...
Audio Conference: Master Outpatient Therapy Evaluations
This 90-minute program provides guidance to help therapists improve their chances of Medicare approval through...
Audio Conference: 2010 Coding Update for Long-Term Care