NorthShore University HealthSystem, based in Evanston, Ill., launched an initiative seven months ago to improve collections of outstanding balances from patients who come in for more services. Deborah Kirkorsky, vice president of business services at NorthShore, provides some insights on…
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The Children's Hospital in Aurora, Colo., has announced the groundbreaking for a 10-story, 350,000-square-foot expansion to the hospital's patient tower, a $230 million project that will bring the hospital to a 500-bed capacity, according to a news release from the…
Community Health Systems has announced financial and operating results, including $3.2 billion in net operating revenues, for the second quarter period ended June 30, according to a CHS news release.
At a time when out-of-pocket costs are reaching very significant sums, Methodist Medical Center in Peoria, Ill., now offers a widget on its website that provides an estimate of how much a particular service will cost a patient.
Ronald J. Bachman, former interim CFO of Clinton Memorial Hospital in Wilmington, Ohio, has sued the hospital alleging breach of contract, according to a report by the Wilmington News Journal.
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Robert Urciuoli, former president and CEO of Roger Williams Medical Center in Providence, R.I., will head to prison on Aug. 31, following Judge Mary Lisi's decision to deny his bid to remain free on bail, according to an Examiner report.
Cleveland Clinic Florida in Weston has completed a $2.2 million renovation and expansion project that included adding a second floor to a one-story section of the hospital and expanding the intensive care unit, according to a news release.
A Medical Group Management Association survey reported a shift in day-to-day challenges for medical practices from 2009 to 2010, according to an American Academy of Family Physicians report.
Bill Banks, vice president for revenue cycle and managed care at St. Elizabeth Healthcare, a six-hospital system in northern Kentucky, discusses four major problems in the hospital revenue cycle.
Point-of-service collections have become more important to hospitals as high-deductible policies become more common and more patients are uninsured, says Suzanne Lestina, director of revenue cycle at the Healthcare Financial Management Association. Such payments make up 5-6 percent of total…