How Integris Health uses data analytics to improve collections

by Gienna Shaw, FierceHealthIT The economy may or may not be on the mend. Healthcare and payment reforms could be a boon or a bust for the healthcare industry's bottom line. Cost containment efforts may or may not save healthcare. But it doesn't really matter whether a hospital or health system is flush with cash or struggling to survive--patient collections has and always will be both a priority and a challenge. That's certainly true at Integris Health, an integrated system with four hospitals in the Oklahoma City area. Integris and other organizations are using data analytics and predictive analytics as financial tools. In this exclusive interview, Brent Grimes (right), administrative director of patient account services, tells FierceHealthFinance how Integris is using data analytics to weather shrinking reimbursements and inform its collections strategy. Read the full interview at FierceHealthFinance.
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