The Healthcare Financial Management Association on Sunday released new guidelines aimed at improving provider communications with patients about paying for care. FULL STORY »
By Modern Healthcare | May 04, 2013
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Dr. Thomas Lee, network president for Boston-based Partners HealthCare system and CEO of Partners Community Healthcare, will join Press Ganey on July 1 as chief medical officer, a new position at the company. Lee is a practicing cardiologist and co-chair of the Committee for Performance... FULL STORY »
By Beth Kutscher | April 13, 2013
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Revenue-cycle management companies face new headaches as they assume more responsibility for the privacy and data security of the protected health information they handle. FULL STORY »
The new CEO at Accretive Health, the beleaguered revenue-cycle management company, faces the challenging task of moving the company beyond its immediate financial problems and the glare of national publicity stemming from its allegedly aggressive billing collection practices. FULL STORY »
By Kristen Schorsch, Crain's Chicago Business | April 02, 2013
Mary Tolan, the embattled CEO and co-founder of Accretive Health, has been replaced by Stephen Schuckenbrock, former president of Dell Services, effective Wednesday, as the company looks to restate financials from 2010 to 2012. FULL STORY »
Accretive Health, under fire for its allegedly aggressive hospital bill collection practices, is postponing the release of its financial results while it evaluates a change in how it recognizes revenue from its revenue-cycle management agreements. FULL STORY »
By Andrew L. Wang, Crain's Chicago Business | January 18, 2013
Accretive Health, whose alleged strong-arm practices were the target of an investigation by the Minnesota attorney general, is moving to exit the business of collecting severely past-due bills from individual patients. FULL STORY »
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