What factors should hospitals consider when staffing and budgeting for the patient access department?
Q: We are having trouble determining what qualifies a patient as having an acute myocardial infarction (MI) and what documentation would support the diagnosis. Can you help our coding team clarify?
Q. Are we allowed to accept verbal acknowledgement of receipt of the Notice of Privacy Practices, or must it always be signed?
If a patient is moved from one acute care facility to another acute care facility, would this be treated as a transfer or a discharge?
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What methods can patient access use to screen patients for payment plan programs?
