Accounts Receivable Management for the Medical Practice

This book explains how to use accounts receivables as a measurement tool to determine how well a practice is managing, assess where the practice is and analyze where it could or should be. Text includes tips for new and established practices.Dennis Mock, author, teacher, and consultant, drawing on his extensive experience with health care receivables, accounts receivable management and collections of delinquent health care accounts, guides the reader through establishing and monitoring specific goals; establishing written job descriptions and office procedures pertaining to receivables, payments and complaints; developing policies related to billing cycles, dealing with cash, credit, contractual care; and use of billing systems and service bureaus.He includes discussion on managed care - requests for proposals, how to rate them, basic qualities to look for; basic methodologies of monitoring results from third party agencies, second placement use of multiple agencies; and use of new technologies to gain greater productivity and efficiencies.