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Increase your facility's access to healthcare while improving the bottom line

Case Management Monthly, July 1, 2008

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After reading this article, you will be able to:

1. Discuss ways to find available entitlement programs for qualifying patients

2. Identify ways to manage self-pay populations at your organization

3. Explain a financial case management program

When Joel F. Karman, MSW, LSW, MPH, senior director of social services and guest relations at the University of Illinois Medical Center (UIMC) in Chicago, first pitched his idea to hire a full-time staff member charged with finding nontraditional funding resources for the uninsured, he knew it would raise a few eyebrows.

However, Karman says he was confident his idea would not only improve his facility’s bottom line, but it would do so by providing better service and treatment to patients.

This is an excerpt from a member only article. To read the article in its entirety, please login or subscribe to Case Management Monthly.

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