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Gain valuable insight into the impact revenue leakage – the gap between the amount of revenue providers are entitled to and the amount of reimbursement eventually received – has on your organization; and learn how you can identify, address, and prevent it.

 
“Frankly, we needed results….We had improved to the point where we couldn't improve any more due to our manual processes,” says Mike Wilson, DCH director of business services. Learn how the organization cut denial volume by 60 percent and reduced FTEs, cost-to-collect, AR days and receivables--while increasing accountability, accuracy and productivity using CareMedic's eFR.

 
Faced with the ongoing expense of tracking and replacing expensive IV pumps and other mobile equipment, Wayne Memorial Hospital, an independent, Goldsboro, North Carolinabased 316-bed not-for-profit hospital, was in dire need of a technology that could quickly and reliably track the location and status of their equipment. In 2006, Operations VP Thomas Bradshaw implemented RadarFind's Real Time Location System (RTLS).

 
Care New England was printing more than 47,000 reports per year at an average of 40 pages or 1,915,861 pieces of paper per year. These reports required distribution, storage and access to the printed reports upon demand. Access to the reports usually meant a delay because they were stored at another facility. Reports had to be located, picked up and delivered by a courier service. On top of those expenses were the costs involved in shredding and archiving.

 
A "medical home” concept has been generating a lot of attention because of its positive impact on healthcare finances and patient outcomes.

This paper discusses the impetus for this patient-centered approach, reviews conceptual and existing models, and examines the financial implications to hospitals and primary care physicians.

 
Multi-Specialty Healthcare Network Achieves 20 Percent Annual Laboratory Cost Savings Through Automation and Integrated Analytics

February 4, 2010  
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Sole-Source Decision Results in Big Savings for Hospital in New York

 
During a recent expansion, PinnacleHealth looked to replace its imaging systems with a single-source vendor to increase diagnostic confidence and streamline workflow. PinnacleHealth selected Toshiba America Medical Systems.

 
Do Chiropractic Physician Services for Treatment of Low Back and Neck Pain Improve the Value of Health Benefit Plans? An Evidence-Based Assessment of Incremental Impact on Population Health and Total Health Care Spending.

October 8, 2009  
Gaston Memorial Hospital
 
Gaston Memorial Hospital partnered with Emergency Medicine Physicians, in August of 2005 in an effort to redefine the way Emergency Care was provided to the community.

 
 
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