Neither pure geographic rounding nor pure continuity of care rounding is optimal on its own. The best hospitalist patient assignment model is a hybrid: patients stay with their assigned physician as long…
Malachi CharbonneauOctober 21, 2021
The next metric in our ongoing series about hospitalist data and program management has to do with the financial health of your group. Whether you collect your own charges, or…
Ryan SecanOctober 7, 2021
Introducing Part 4 and the final installment of the “How to fill mid-revenue cycle gaps in your EHR” blog series. In the 3 previous installments of this blog series, we…
Gary Bernklow and Jeremy SmithSeptember 29, 2021
Blog Summary Traditional length of stay (LOS) metrics are difficult to apply fairly at the individual hospitalist level because LOS depends on who admitted vs. discharged a patient. A better approach uses a…
Ryan SecanSeptember 22, 2021
Charge Scrubbing Gap Like a surgeon preparing for a procedure by thoroughly washing their hands up to the elbows (or further), your revenue cycle process should include a thorough “scrubbing”…
Gary BernklowSeptember 9, 2021
Like most industries, healthcare is experiencing an increase in pressure to reduce cost and boost their margins. It isn’t surprising to see healthcare organizations turn to acquisitions and mergers in…
Lisa Schwenker and Gary BernklowAugust 24, 2021
CHARGE RECONCILIATION Ensuring that all professional charges have been accounted for and properly billed, a process known as charge reconciliation, is an important process for a hospital’s revenue cycle and…
Gary BernklowAugust 5, 2021
