Indiana Hospital Association Endorses H4 Technology As a Business Partner! See all the details here! Building upon a 3-year mutually-beneficial partnership, IHA and H4T have formalized their relationship under IHA’s Endorsed Business Partner program. This endorsement provides significant value to IHA members in a number of way: Discounted access to industry-leading RCM predictive analytics technology...
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Be Curious, Not Judgmental. Ted Lasso Contrary to the scene in Ted Lasso, Walt Whitman did not actually pen those words. It did make for a great scene though. In reflection, can curiosity positively impact the work of our front-line workers, managers, and executives? It can if you follow 4 simple steps: Ignore how it...
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Resource Refresh! As many of us come upon the end of our fiscal year it’s a great time to refresh the resource library that our staff has access to. This includes, among other things: Payer Portal Access Par/Non-Par Insurance Lists Sample Insurance Card Reference Images Internal Phone Lists External Phone Lists Tax-ID & NPI Lists...
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Accounts receivable is often one of the most important areas of revenue cycle management as it represents potential money. In fact, A/R is considered an asset for that reason. The challenging part is that if A/R is not followed-up with quickly enough it can become a liability for the organization instead. Non-federal payers typically have...
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Discarded drugs have had a tumultuous history in healthcare. Though there are ways to bill for discarded drugs it can be challenging to receive adequate compensation for the amount wasted and the time taken to bill for them. Discarded drug amounts occur when a single-use physician administered drug contains substantially more than can be administered...
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The gap between the skills that employees currently have and the skills they need to be proficient at their jobs are called skills gaps. As leaders, it is our responsibility to identify these gaps and to approach skills gap assessments and training from a position of positivity. Most of us on the administrative side of...
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A lot has changed in the last three years, so it makes sense that the Covid “emergency” is coming to an end. When it will end is something we still will not know until we know, but all indications point to the end of the Public Health Emergency (PHE) sometime this spring. So, what does...
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This isn’t the first time we’ve discussed this and full transparency, it probably won’t be the last. Though patients have plan changes throughout the year, January 1 is always going to be a significant date to collect new insurance information because of the huge quantity of individuals whose plans expire/renew at the end of each...
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The Final Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) and Quality Program Rule for 2023 was released on November 1, 2022, and with it, some significant changes. Notably, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued some significant delays to proposed changes based on comments received from industry group and specialty associations, as well as individually submitted...
Did you know that the Departments of Health and Human Services require covered entities to perform an annual Security Risk Assessment (SRA) to assess potential threats and vulnerabilities? There are often a lot of misconceptions around SRAs which lead quickly to noncompliance. This article will address some of the most common misconceptions around SRAs....
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