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Population Health
Screening and Coding for Homelessness
By Lola Butcher
Health systems are recognizing that homelessness is a root cause of high healthcare utilization, but most systems do not screen and code for homelessness. Revenue cycle, patient access, and coding staff can play a role to improve homeless patient outcomes and reduce avoidable utilization by screening for and documenting homelessness.
Sidebar: Yale New Haven Hospital Homeless Patient Screening Tool
Staff Development
Hiring for Effective Post-Service Revenue Cycle Performance
By Erin Murphy
Revenue cycle leaders agree that positive, motivated candidates can overcome a lack of back-end knowledge and experience to become valuable employees.
Managed Care
No-Pay Policy for Non-Emergent ED Use Spreading
By Rich Daly
A growing number of health plans are not paying for non-emergency patient use of the ED.
Medicaid Payments
From our sponsor, Parallon
10 Critical Medicaid Trends to Watch
By Marie Hinds
It is important for hospitals and health systems to forecast the impact of proposed healthcare legislation on Medicaid payments, eligibility teams, and patients.
Figure at a Glance
Bad Debt, Charity Care Contribute To Differences in Patient Revenue
Low margin hospitals may be receiving reduced payments from commercial insurance, which may contribute to their lower net patient revenues.
