Archive for the Week of July 25, 2017
Archive for the Week of July 25, 2017
Welcome to the medical billing blog archive for the week of July 25, 2017.
Here you will find links to every article added to the Outsource Management Group web site during the week of July 25, 2017.
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RCM tip: Stop snail mail for electronic billing
Healthcare organizations should offer electronic billing options patients want rather than use snail mail to send paper statements, according to Jim Denny, president and CEO of Duluth, Ga.-based Navicure. He specifically cited a 2017 Patient Payment Check-Up survey that reveals 89 percent of providers still send paper statements through snail mail, although more than 50 percent of patients prefer electronic bills over paper statements. Given this survey, Mr. Denny shared the following tip with Becker’s Hospital Review. “Despite the abundance of technology that is available, many providers are still billing patients via snail mail. Not only does this way of billing cost more (on average paper billing can cost $7 …
