Billing and Collections
Deirdre Ruttle, vice president of strategy at InstaMed, says that patients need a better experience when paying medical bills.
America's Health Insurance Plans called on Congress to set a fixed reimbursement rate based on what insurers pay in a region.
Until November, reimbursement for remote patient monitoring services was a gray area for providers, but the picture is becoming clear.
Joe Grogan told listeners at the Federation of American Hospitals' annual conference to get on top of surprise bills or the government will step in.
Privately insured patients have gotten hit with bills in the tens of thousands after receiving care at the public hospital which does not contract with private payers.
A third of respondents also said growing healthcare costs impact their ability to seek care, study says.
Leah Dixon from CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances told her HIMSS19 audience technology, physician champions and a meaningful dashboard are all part of the equation.
Providers must keep in mind that a patient's experience with your call center can, and often does, shape their perspective on your whole organization, and whether they stay with you.
What has long been shrouded in darkness is now being thrown into the light.
Massive gaps leave practices more dependent on reimbursement from commercial payers and commercial contracts, raise the potential of shrinking number of Medicare patients accepted.