Hospital Access Management – June 1, 2005
June 1, 2005
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Hospital’s ‘menu of opportunities’ helps many self-pay patients
The hospitals status as the only business in the world that cannot turn people away regardless of whether it gets paid is a fact of life that is being underscored more dramatically than ever as the nations uninsured population grows by leaps and bounds. -
GE credit card program offers payment option
The latest addition to the extensive self-pay menu offered by Marlton, NJ-based Virtua Health is the General Electric medical credit card program, says Virtua's assistant vice president for patient business services. -
Biometric scanner used for hospital security
Catholic Health Systems in Buffalo, NY, is deterring insurance card fraud and taking a step approach to cleaning up its master person index through the use of a fingerprint scanner for patient identification. -
Ultrasound technology behind fingerprint scan
The ultrasound technology behind his companys fingerprint identify management system is identical to that used in medical imaging such as the ultrasound procedure that expectant mothers undergo explains the founder of Ultra-Scan Corp. in Buffalo, NY. -
Medical necessity check done in physician office
Relief may be on the way for access personnel faced with explaining to surprised and irate patients that theyll have to pay for a test or procedure themselves because it doesnt meet Medicares medical necessity requirement. -
Satisfaction surveys lead to national award
Provena Saint Joseph Medical Center in Joliet, IL, has made dramatic strides in increasing patient satisfaction garnering a national award in the process through a newfound focus on service excellence, says the director of therapy services. -
Patient flow is the key to increasing revenue
A tremendous opportunity for increasing revenue lies in improving your hospitals patient flow, says a senior manager who works in the areas of patient flow, capacity management, and care management for the international consulting firm, Cap Gemini. -
Advance directive form for low-literacy patients
An advance directive form designed for the estimated 90 million American adults who read below the fifth-grade level has been released by the Institute for Healthcare Advancement. -
News brief: Survey respondents blast HIPAA provision
Accounting for disclosures continues to be the most onerous privacy rule requirement for health care providers to meet and the provision the federal government most needs to change, according a recent survey by the American Health Information Management Association.