Capturing the Lost Dollar: Finding Solutions for Uncompensated Care
Wednesday, August 5, 2015 | 1:00pm - 2:00pm CDT
The cost of uncompensated care – the sum of a hospital’s bad debt and charity care – has been steeply rising since 2000. The American Hospital Association (AHA) states uncompensated care cost U.S. hospitals a total of $45.9 billion in 2012 and accounts for 6.1% of total expenses. Despite hospitals’ comprehensive internal processes, numerous accounts continue to be relegated to self-pay or uncollectable status when no insurance coverage can be verified. Many of the reasons for unverifiable insurance coverage are beyond the hospital’s control.
Discover what hundreds of hospitals are doing to ‘Capture the Lost Dollar’ and find out how you can help reduce your uncompensated care and improve internal processes.
Learning Points:
- Find out why so much falls into Charity Care or Bad Debt.
- Hear what other hospitals are doing to reduce uncompensated care.
- Learn how to get information to battle this issue.
- Discover ways to improve internal processes.
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