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October 2005

 

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

 

PAST ISSUES

November 2003

 

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

When the Patient Has More than One Insurance

May
2003

 

Vital Signs: Hospital Collections Improve Reversing Two-Month Decline

Achieving Agency Effectiveness

Q & A: Ask The Expert

Contributor's Corner: Same Day Rule

Conversations with Colleagues: Collections and Bad Debt Management

January 2003

 

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

September 2002

ANNOUNCING PFS POWERRANKINGSsm

Intensity and Consistency

Q & A: Ask The Expert

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

May
2002

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

February 2002

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

November 2001

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

August 2001

Forecasting Cash Collections
Outsourcing Revisited
The Contributor's Corner: Home Health Care Update
Health Care on the Web
(Recent press releases from CMS, HHS and the OIG)

April 2001

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

January 2001

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

October 2000

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

July 2000

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

April 2000

APCs: Ready or Not!
Patient Access: The Importance of Communication
Q & A: Ask The Expert
The Contributor's Corner
- - > Time for Your Practice's Check-up
- - >Home Health Care Update

January 2000

Be Careful What You Wish For!
What's In A Number?
Q & A: Ask The Expert
The Contributor's Corner: Home Health Care Update

October 1999

Measuring Claim Denials
Compliance in Crisis: "Auditing the Auditors"
Q & A: Ask The Expert
The Contributor's Corner: Home Health Care Update

July 1999

Forming Cash Assurance Teams [CATS]
Compliance: Keeping Resolutions
Q & A: Ask The Expert
The Contributor's Corner
- - > Outsourcing: Legal Considerations
- - > Home Health Care Update

April 1999

Trending Key Indicators of Performance
Lowering Receivables Through Staff Education
Q & A: Ask The Expert
The Contributor's Corner
- - > Home Health Care Update
- - > You Can Prosper in Private Practice

January 1999

Virtual Reality: Patient Accounts
Surviving the Business Office Merger
Additional Document Requests and Other Audits -- How To Survive
Q & A: Ask The Expert
The Contributor's Corner
- - > Home Health Care Update
- - > Essential Elements of Corporate
        Compliance Programs

October 1998

Collection At Time Of Service
Goal Setting and Goal Achievement
Avoiding "Unforced Errors"
Q & A: Ask The Expert
The Contributor's Corner
- - > Home Health Care Update
- - > Successful Change

July 1998

Mid-Year Check-up
Successful Integration of Merged Organizations
Effective Compliance: Building the Data Defense
Q & A: Ask The Expert
The Contributor's Corner
- - > Home Health Care Update
- - > Using Teams to Solve Problems

April 1998

Inappropriate Allowances
Taking Time To Verify
Q & A: Ask The Expert
The Contributor's Corner: Home Health Care Update

January 1998

Claim Rejections
The Year In Review ... The Year Ahead
Q & A: Ask The Expert
The Contributor's Corner
- - > Home Health Care Update
- - > Governmental Audit of Agencies to Continue in New Year

October 1997

Who's Managing Your Managed Care A/R?
Part II How Managed Care Has Changed Practice Management's Vital Signs
Q & A: Ask The Expert
The Contributor's Corner:  Home Health Care Update
Surfing Through Webland
- - > Join The PAMList !

July 1997

Do You Have Accounts Deceivable?
How Managed Care Has Changed Practice Management's Vital Signs
Q & A: Ask The Expert
The Contributor's Corner
- - > Home Health Care Update
- - > From Business Plan To Action Plan

April 1997

Quarterly A/R Reporting
Physician Heal Thyself
The Contributor's Corner
- - > Home Health Care Update
- - > Multi-Test Takers
- - > Q & A

January 1997

Vital Signs: A/R at Year End
Medical Records Coding and Risk
The Contributor's Corner:
- - > Home Health Care Update
- - > Impact of Registration
Surfing through Webland

October 1996

The Aging of Receivables
Emphasis on Education
The Contributor's Corner: Home Health Care Update
- - > Health Care & Legal Issues
Surfing through Webland

July 1996

Days to Collect
Outsourcing
Surfing through Webland

April 1996

Days to Bill
MSO: Friend or Foe?
Emphasis on Education

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