In general, I hate talking on the telephone, business or pleasure. However, when it comes to business and getting information you need when it comes to revenue cycle issues, I find that it’s best to pick up the phone and call someone who you believe has the answers. I was doing a consulting assignment in […]
I’m always reading stories on how much health care costs are spiraling out of control, and how hospital charges are astronomical. I’m not necessarily going to debate this one, but I am going to briefly justify why hospitals might charge as they do, and what usually happens. my mother in the hospital Most hospitals in […]
Even though this article is geared towards financial leaders in health care, the same ideas shared here for them can be modified for leaders in any business. When all is said and done, solutions are created and solved by leaders, whether or not they want to blame staff when problems arise. I once answered a […]
I sometimes wonder if people think that I’m hard on hospital leadership. I want to stress that there’s nothing further from the truth. The reason I talk about it from time to time as being somewhat different than almost anything else is because health care is a different animal than any other business. Whereas most […]
I’ve been in the revenue cycle/medical billing field for nearly 40 years. I’ve been in leadership or consulting for most of those years. I feel this gives me pretty good perspectives on how things should work. Parker Knight via Compfight There’s no doubt that every year there are some kinds of changes because of insurance […]