Hospital Access Management articles from October 2007

Hospital Access Management archives from October 2007

New Important Message requirements became opportunity to 'market' services.
October 1, 2007... New Important Message requirements became opportunity to 'market' services FTEs added specifically to distribute Medicare forms The newly revised "Important Message From Medicare" is being treated as a public relations opportunity at...

Employee education big part in initiative's success.
October 1, 2007... Putting the "know" before the "why" for patient access employees was the focus at Stevens Hospital in Edmonds, WA, during implementation of its procedure for distributing the revised "Important Message From Medicare," says Evita Armijo, patient...

Right charges, resource key to charge capture success.
October 1, 2007... Right charges, resource key to charge capture success Consultant: Push job back to clinicians When it comes to the crucial arena of charge capture — making sure that providers are paid at the appropriate level for all services...

New CMS 'error' rule has access implications.(United States Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services)
October 1, 2007... New CMS 'error' rule has access implications 'We can affect patient outcomes' A recent announcement by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) that it will no longer pay for care required because of hospital error has...

AZ project targeted ED 'frequent flyers'.
October 1, 2007... AZ project targeted ED 'frequent flyers' 'Secondary gains' a factor Education challenges faced by the organizers of a pilot project in Nogales, AZ, aimed at emergency department (ED) "frequent flyers" involved secondary gains...

Cell phones to the rescue when weather woes hit.
October 1, 2007... Cell phones to the rescue when weather woes hit Emergency, on-call staff affected Cell phones replaced land-based pagers at Richland Hospital in Richland Center, WI, when the area was hit by severe storms and flooding in late August....

Majority of hospitals revised emergency plans.
October 1, 2007... Majority of hospitals revised emergency plans About 92% of hospitals surveyed in 2003 and 2004 had revised their emergency response plans since Sept. 11, 2001, according to a recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and...