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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.

August 1, 2008   (Volume 8, Issue 82)
 
News: State program for uninsured failing to launch

Conneticut’s program for uninsured adults is struggling to get off the ground, the Hartford Courant reports.

 
News: Minnesota residents to have online health records access by 2011
Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty announced Tuesday that he plans to give all state residents access to secure, online personal health portfolios by 2011, the Star Tribune reports.
 
Tip: Schedule monthly meetings with patient access team
With 300 registrars at three acute-care hospitals in the CoxHealth system, it is not easy to point the blame at any one of them for a data-entry error. So when the Springfield, MO-based health system began to see errors such as incorrect addresses and insurance plan codes pop up with more frequency, their revenue cycle team began to look at the entire process rather than to single out each individual.
 
Question for readers: Seeking advice regarding a revenue cycle issue
Below is a question from another reader:   We have run into a situation with some of our Outpatient accounts that were converted to Inpatient due to complications: per our Medicare reviewer, we should have billed two accounts, not one.    
 

Other recently-published articles from Patient Financial Services Weekly Advisor:

NEWS: Universal healthcare model inching closer?
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CMS UPDATE: Changes to deductibles, coinsurance rates
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Be prepared for ABN changes
Coding system changes anticipated
The OIG findings and recommendation
Changes for Medicare drug program
CMS delays RAC permanent program
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MA doctors wanting bonuses required to use e-prescriptions by 2011
Key differences in nationwide RAC rollout
2008 HIGHLIGHTS: Sharing their success with us
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Medicaid spending to exceed general economy growth rate

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