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Capture That Charge
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Healthcare Informatics
- Article date:
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June 1, 2008
- Author:
- Lawrence, Daphne
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Copyright informationCopyright Vendome Group LLC Jun 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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The future of successful revenue cycle management is the integration of clinical and financial systems.
Most hospitals using IT for revenue cycle management (RCM) have seen improvements in their cash flow. But how well are they integrating with the EMR?
"The clinical information system in our world is the precursor to the financial system," says Rich Temple, CIO of four-hospital Saint Clare's Health System in Denville, N.J., that recently became a member of the Denverbased Catholic Health Initiatives network. "The financial system can't live anymore without having the clinical information feed it information. That's where the charges are coming from." Most agree that to optimize those ...