Mitigating the Impact of Rising Staffing Shortages: How Patient Financial Service Teams Can Maintain Patient Revenue Streams
Hospital systems and the entire healthcare industry’s staffing shortages are escalating amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. With fewer patient financial service team members available to serve patient payment needs, facilities’ bottom lines are suffering. Healthcare professionals, office managers, and even billing and collection departments, are all under pressure due to staffing shortages, but there are…