No one in health care will ever deny that there are high costs associated with it. Some of them are unavoidable; employees, utilities, etc. jarmoluk / Pixabay With that said, there are a lot of things that could be done to standardize processes or figuring out how to work more efficiently to save on those […]
Health Care
Last weekend, while sitting at a poker table, I was one seat away from an older gentleman who I’ve played poker with in the past. At some point the topic got around to health care, and this gentleman complained that he’d had an aneurysm, spend only one night in the hospital, and the bill came […]
Years ago I wrote an article that’s sitting on my main website titled Misperceptions And Expectations Of The Charge Master / Revenue Review Process. It’s not necessarily meant for the general public; it’s meant for people in health care who I try to market my services to, people who should know these things but don’t… […]
Years ago I was reading HealthLeaders Magazine, where they were talking about all the different things hospitals across the country are trying to do to make the hospital experience better for patients. Some of the things were pretty good while others were more for the benefit of the hospital than the patient, no matter how […]
Hospitals have two main problems when it comes to finances. One is revenue, as in they’re not generating enough, and the second is receivables, as in they’re not collecting enough on the revenue so they can pay bills and buy other stuff. Every hospital has a charge master. A charge master is a full listing […]