[Histonet] Pathology Charges

[Amy Self]

Happy Friday ....

I have a billing question I'm throwing out.

I am working on our billing process in hopes to improve things and make it a little more efficient for us. We really have room for improvement.  I feel there is lots of work that is being done that somehow can be eliminated - I just don't know how or what to do to fix this.

How do other histology labs do their billing?
Do you go back the next day and audit charges to make sure they were entered correctly?
Do you have a barcoding system that tracks and charges your specimens and stains/test or does someone sit and manually enter charges daily.
Who is the person that enters these charges - is it a tech, path secretary or a lab assistant.
Are the charges entered up front or on the back end once the report has been finalized?

Any help or information to improve my process is welcomed, I am up to trying anything at this point.

Hope everyone has a great weekend and thanks in advance for your help..

Amy Self
Histology Lab Senior Tech
Lab
Tidelands Georgetown Memorial Hospital
606 Black River Road
Georgetown, SC 29440
843-520-8711
ASelf at tidelandshealth.org
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