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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810259403321

Autore

Herbert Kyle

Titolo

Hospital reimbursement : concepts and principles / / Kyle Herbert

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton : , : CRC Press, , 2012

ISBN

0-429-25255-2

1-4665-6802-X

1-4398-9895-2

Edizione

[[First edition].]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (261 p.)

Disciplina

363.110681

Soggetti

Hospitals - Prospective payment - United States

Hospitals - United States - Accounting

Medical economics - United States

Hospitals

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

A Productivity Press book.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Fundamentals of accounting -- 2. Types of hospitals/conceptual framework -- 3. Hospital revenue cycle -- 4. Hospital services -- 5. Medicare -- 6. Medicaid -- 7. Other insurance providers -- 8. Governmental cost reporting -- 9. Statement of operations (income statement) -- 10. Statement of financial position (balance sheet) -- 11. Coding -- 12. Managing the month-end close process -- 13. Calculating the financial impact of hospital length of stay -- 14. The future of health care accounting -- 15. Epilogue.

Sommario/riassunto

Due to the countless variables that affect revenue and cost, the hospital reimbursement process is by far the most complex of any industry. Requiring only a basic financial background and a working knowledge of accounting, Hospital Reimbursement: Concepts and Principles supplies a clear understanding of the concepts and principles that drive the revenue cycle within a hospital setting.The book explains the technical aspects of reimbursement in language that is easy to comprehend. It illustrates the complexities of the hospital revenue cycle and explains the Medicare