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Translational barriers and their effect upon cardiovascular revenues and reimbursement.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  15185625     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
During the past 2 decades in health care environments, particularly hospitals, attempts to centralize operational processes have inadvertently bred barriers to interdepartmental communication, resulting in the creation of informational silos and, ultimately, decreases in revenues reported and reimbursement obtained. Overall, operational centralization has reaped process improvement. However, these efficiencies have come at the cost of measurable accuracies that directly affect the bottom line. Cardiovascular managers and administrators should not assume that all the benefits from reviewing claims and information processes within symbiotic departments have already been obtained. Key long-standing services provided to the managers and administrators by departments such as Hospital or Health Information Management/Systems (HIM/HIS), the Business Office (Patient Financial/Account Services), and Information Systems should be periodically reviewed, fine tuned, and overhauled if necessary. The consequence of such reviews and maintenance will be tangible gains in operational efficiency as well as increased financial productivity.
Authors:
Scott R Call
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The Journal of cardiovascular management : the official journal of the American College of Cardiovascular Administrators     Volume:  15     ISSN:  1053-5330     ISO Abbreviation:  J Cardiovasc Manag     Publication Date:    2004 Mar-Apr
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2004-06-09     Completed Date:  2004-07-08     Revised Date:  2004-11-17    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9111437     Medline TA:  J Cardiovasc Manag     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  13-5     Citation Subset:  H    
Affiliation:
Intermountain Health Care, 8th Avenue & C Street, Cardiovascular Department, Salt Lake City, UT 84143, USA. Scott.Call@ihc.com
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Descriptor/Qualifier:
Cardiovascular Diseases / economics*
Hospital Information Systems / organization & administration*
Humans
Organizational Policy
Reimbursement Mechanisms*
United States

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