An Intranet-based system for inpatient billing in an academic medical center.

Authors

• Paul E Marik
• Robert Stauffer
• Soetji Anto
• Mary McNichol
• Arthur Feldman
• Jeff Riggio

Publication/Presentation Date

8-1-2006

Abstract

Academic physicians face great economic challenges. There is therefore a growing need to increase the efficiency of academic practice. One potential target for improving the "business" of medicine is inpatient billing. Currently many academic centers use "yellow" cards for inpatient billing. This is an inefficient system for capturing patient charges. We describe an Intranet-based system for inpatient billing that improves physician "productivity," reduces billing lag time, and increases the collection rate and total revenues.

Volume

119

Issue

8

First Page

647

Last Page

650

ISSN

1555-7162

Published In/Presented At

Marik, P. E., Stauffer, R., Anto, S., McNichol, M., Feldman, A., & Riggio, J. (2006). An Intranet-based system for inpatient billing in an academic medical center. The American journal of medicine, 119(8), 647–650. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2005.12.032

Disciplines

Business Administration, Management, and Operations | Health and Medical Administration | Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods

PubMedID

16887406

Department(s)

Administration and Leadership

Document Type

Article