Hi, y'all,
When you do financial counseling or evaluation for assistance, etc., do you get the necessary information for all programs at one time? I mean, do you get check stubs for Indigent, SSI applications, Medicaid applications, etc., all during one visit? Or do you wait for the patient to be denied for SSI or Medicaid and then get verification for Indigent or Hill Burton, for instance? We try to get the patient approved on anything else before we qualify them for Indigent Care and our financial counselors say they run into problems getting the patient to cooperate (or the patient has already left the area - we have a high population of migrant workers). One suggestion was to get ALL the necessary financial information, check stubs, applications filled out, anything that's required, when the patient first presents for help or is still in-house. To me, that's reasonable, but since I don't complete the applications, I don't know what's required for each program. It seems that some of the patients don't want to go through the waiting process, case worker interviews, etc., for some of the long-term programs; it's easier for them to fulfill our Indigent Care requirements, so that's all they want to do. Does anybody else have these issues? Thanks! Julia Julia F. Carter, CPAR Systems Analyst Revenue Management Colquitt Regional Medical Center 3131 South Main Street PO Box 40 Moultrie, GA 31776-0040 * (229) 891-9133 * [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.colquittregional.com <http://www.colquittregional.com/> Note: The information contained in this electronic message and any attachments may be privileged and confidential and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any reading, dissemination, distribution, copying, or other use of this communication or any of its attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by replying to this message and deleting this message, any attachments, and all copies.
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