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October 2005

 
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Vital Signs: Preparing the Revenue Cycle for Consumer-Driven Health Plans

 

PAST ISSUES

November 2003

 
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Vital Signs: First Annual Bench-Marking Report to the Industry on Hospital Patient Financial Services (PFS) Performance Trends

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When the Patient Has More than One Insurance

May
2003

 
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Vital Signs: Hospital Collections Improve Reversing Two-Month Decline

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Achieving Agency Effectiveness

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Q & A: Ask The Expert

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Contributor's Corner: Same Day Rule

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Conversations with Colleagues: Collections and Bad Debt Management

January 2003

 
bullet HOSPITAL PATIENT FINANCIAL SERVICES (PFS) DEPARTMENTS PERFORMANCE STAGNATES
bullet Learning Lessons
bulletQ & A: Ask The Expert
bulletConversations with Colleagues: Compliance Concerns Continue

September 2002
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ANNOUNCING PFS POWERRANKINGSsm

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Intensity and Consistency

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Q & A: Ask The Expert

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Health Care on the Web
(Recent press releases from CMS)

May
2002
bullet Assessing Risk and Maintaining Awareness — Developing a Data Defense
bullet Relaxing MSPQ Time Frames: Good News or Bad?
bulletQ & A: Ask The Expert
bulletHealth Care on the Web
(Recent press releases from CMS)

February 2002
bullet Focus and Intensity: A/R Critical Success Factors
bulletQ & A: Ask The Expert
bulletHealth Care on the Web
(Recent press releases from CMS, HHS and the OIG)

November 2001
bulletOn A Personal Note.....
bullet Overcoming Claim Denials Checklist
bullet Developing Career Path Opportunities in the Cash Flow Cycle
bullet Do No Harm: Consultants and Compliance
bullet Contributor's Corner: Home Healthcare Update
bullet Health Care on the Web
(Recent press releases from CMS, HHS and the OIG)

August 2001
bulletForecasting Cash Collections
bullet Outsourcing Revisited
bulletThe Contributor's Corner: Home Health Care Update
bulletHealth Care on the Web
(Recent press releases from CMS, HHS and the OIG)

April 2001
bullet Who's COB Is It Anyway?
bullet A Tale of Two Cities: Two Perspectives on Vendor Performance
bulletThe Contributor's Corner
bullet- - >Home Health Care Update
bullet- - >Equipment Maintenance Insurance
bulletHealth Care on the Web
(Recent press releases from HCFA, HHS and the OIG)

January 2001
bullet Claims Denial Appeals Process w/sample Appeals Letters and Sample Spreadsheet (in Excel)
bullet Contrasting Customer Concerns
bulletThe Contributor's Corner: Home Health Care Update
bulletHealth Care on the Web
(Recent press releases from HCFA, HHS and the OIG)

October 2000
bullet Providers Beware - - Preparing for OIG 2001
bullet Seasonal Variations and Increasing A/R Trends
bulletQ & A: Ask The Expert
bulletThe Contributor's Corner: Home Health Care Update

July 2000
bullet Winning Strategies for Receivables Management
bulletQ & A: Ask The Expert
bulletThe Contributor's Corner
bullet- - > The ABC's of Communicating with Clinicians
bullet- - >Home Health Care Update

April 2000
bulletAPCs: Ready or Not!
bulletPatient Access: The Importance of Communication
bulletQ & A: Ask The Expert
bulletThe Contributor's Corner
bullet- - > Time for Your Practice's Check-up
bullet- - >Home Health Care Update

January 2000
bulletBe Careful What You Wish For!
bulletWhat's In A Number?
bulletQ & A: Ask The Expert
bulletThe Contributor's Corner: Home Health Care Update

October 1999
bulletMeasuring Claim Denials
bulletCompliance in Crisis: "Auditing the Auditors"
bulletQ & A: Ask The Expert
bulletThe Contributor's Corner: Home Health Care Update

July 1999
bulletForming Cash Assurance Teams [CATS]
bulletCompliance: Keeping Resolutions
bulletQ & A: Ask The Expert
bulletThe Contributor's Corner
bullet- - > Outsourcing: Legal Considerations
bullet- - > Home Health Care Update

April 1999
bulletTrending Key Indicators of Performance
bulletLowering Receivables Through Staff Education
bulletQ & A: Ask The Expert
bulletThe Contributor's Corner
bullet- - > Home Health Care Update
bullet- - > You Can Prosper in Private Practice

January 1999
bulletVirtual Reality: Patient Accounts
bulletSurviving the Business Office Merger
bulletAdditional Document Requests and Other Audits -- How To Survive
bulletQ & A: Ask The Expert
bulletThe Contributor's Corner
bullet- - > Home Health Care Update
bullet- - > Essential Elements of Corporate
        Compliance Programs

October 1998
bulletCollection At Time Of Service
bulletGoal Setting and Goal Achievement
bulletAvoiding "Unforced Errors"
bulletQ & A: Ask The Expert
bulletThe Contributor's Corner
bullet- - > Home Health Care Update
bullet- - > Successful Change

July 1998
bulletMid-Year Check-up
bulletSuccessful Integration of Merged Organizations
bulletEffective Compliance: Building the Data Defense
bulletQ & A: Ask The Expert
bulletThe Contributor's Corner
bullet- - > Home Health Care Update
bullet- - > Using Teams to Solve Problems

April 1998
bulletInappropriate Allowances
bulletTaking Time To Verify
bulletQ & A: Ask The Expert
bulletThe Contributor's Corner: Home Health Care Update

January 1998
bulletClaim Rejections
bulletThe Year In Review ... The Year Ahead
bulletQ & A: Ask The Expert
bulletThe Contributor's Corner
bullet- - > Home Health Care Update
bullet- - > Governmental Audit of Agencies to Continue in New Year

October 1997
bulletWho's Managing Your Managed Care A/R?
bulletPart II How Managed Care Has Changed Practice Management's Vital Signs
bulletQ & A: Ask The Expert
bulletThe Contributor's Corner:  Home Health Care Update
bulletSurfing Through Webland
bullet- - > Join The PAMList !

July 1997
bulletDo You Have Accounts Deceivable?
bulletHow Managed Care Has Changed Practice Management's Vital Signs
bulletQ & A: Ask The Expert
bulletThe Contributor's Corner
bullet- - > Home Health Care Update
bullet- - > From Business Plan To Action Plan

April 1997
bulletQuarterly A/R Reporting
bulletPhysician Heal Thyself
bulletThe Contributor's Corner
bullet- - > Home Health Care Update
bullet- - > Multi-Test Takers
bullet- - > Q & A

January 1997
bulletVital Signs: A/R at Year End
bulletMedical Records Coding and Risk
bulletThe Contributor's Corner:
bullet- - > Home Health Care Update
bullet- - > Impact of Registration
bulletSurfing through Webland

October 1996

bulletThe Aging of Receivables
bulletEmphasis on Education
bulletThe Contributor's Corner: Home Health Care Update
bullet- - > Health Care & Legal Issues
bulletSurfing through Webland

July 1996

bulletDays to Collect
bulletOutsourcing
bulletSurfing through Webland

April 1996

bulletDays to Bill
bulletMSO: Friend or Foe?
bulletEmphasis on Education

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