Best Practices Hall of Fame

The SearchAmerica Best Practices Hall of Fame honors health systems that have experienced enhanced efficiencies, implemented innovative best practices, and recognized a significant ROI from using SearchAmerica’s solutions and recommended best practices. Hospitals are nominated for the Best Practices in Revenue Cycle Management and/or the Best Practices in Revenue Cycle Measurement categories each spring. Winners were announced at HFMA’s ANI: The Healthcare Finance Conference in June.

SearchAmerica Best Practices Hall of Fame honorees include:
(* denotes 2008 recipients)

Integris Health for workflow redesign that resulted in payment received prior to going to a collection agency in 98% of accounts.*
Northside Hospital for BETA use of new SearchAmerica's Predictive Intelligence Dashboard*
Novant Healthcare for reducing its bad debt by 50% and reducing its charity enrollment processing time by 90%.*
OSF Healthcare System for having the most complex multiple charity/grant program engine.
Parkland Health & Hospital System for best use of data for Section 1011 reimbursement.
Resurrection Health Care for achieving a 25% higher average payment using stratification based on outcomes data.*
SSM Healthcare for continued advances in leveraging SearchAmerica solutions into its processes and substantiating their mission in the community.*
St. Raphael’s Hospital for having the most engaged implementation process.*
Sutter Delta Medical Center for BETA use of SearchAmerica's Predictive Intelligence Dashboard.*
The Methodist Hospital for resolving a significant degree of accrued bad debt and properly classifying in excess of $20M to charity.*
UHS for their multiple system workflow integration.

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