HCMG 745 Week 5: Financial Payment

• Create a policy related to financial payment for a healthcare practice

• Evaluate and select a mechanism for billing

Use each question as a HEADING in your assignment. Discuss each question separately.

Discuss your office written patient financial payment policy.

1. What will your written policy address?

2. Patients’ with an overdue balance; when and how will it be addressed?

3. How will the office control and handle this situation?

4. Will you employ an in-house billing office or hire an outside 3rd party billing company? Why?

5. Are there advantages and disadvantages?When and will the office hire a collection agency to handle delinquent patient account? Why? If no, discuss the process of how the billing office will go about handling delinquent patient accounts?

Initial Response is due by Day 3 (Minimum 350-400 words in length). Remember to support your initial response with at least one additional outside resources (other than your textbook and the videos). APA format with at least one secondary reference and in-text citations.

Two Peer Responses Due by Day 7  (Minimum 250-300 words each in length). At least one of your response posts should contain at least one additional outside resource (other than your textbook and the videos).  APA format with 1 secondary reference and in-text citation for at least one of the peer responses.