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New team system speeds billing time
Healthcare Benchmarks
|June 6, 1997
Abstract
Problem:
Fragmented, departmental approach to billing at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles had bills bogged down in a bureaucratic maze.
Solution:
Patient administrative service teams based in nursing units combine functions of admissions, registration, utilization review, medical records, and patient accounting to cut billing cycle from 30 days to 12.