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Looking to improve your facility's bottom line and more effectively manage your patient financial services department? Get this free weekly e-mail that provides tips, advice and real-world strategies.

July 4, 2008   (Volume 8, Issue 78)
 
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As a patient access manager, you constantly balance the needs of your staff and the duties of the front end, from presenting Advanced Beneficiary Notices to reading insurance cards. Your staff members play a vital role in ensuring good, quality customer service; they are the gatekeepers of the hospital’s reputation with consumers.

 
NEWS: UnitedHealth cuts 4,000 jobs and 2008 outlook
UnitedHealth Group Inc. has announced a lower profit outlook, a restructuring that will trim 4,000 jobs, and a $900 million payout to settle a class-action lawsuit over options backdating, the Associated Press reports.
 
NEWS: California sues Prime Healthcare over balance-billing practice
California regulators have moved to stop Prime Healthcare Services Inc. from billing privately insured patients for unpaid medical services received at its facilities, the Los Angeles Times reports.
 
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The finance team at HCPro, Inc. would like to say “thank you” for stopping by our booth at the Healthcare Financial Management Association ANI 2008 show in Las Vegas last week. We hope you enjoyed it! If you have any ideas for newsletter stories or audioconferences, please e-mail me at dnicastro@hcpro.com. Thanks! Dom Nicastro Senior managing editor HCPro, Inc.

 

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