regards to health care facilities not receiving funds upfront with using the self-pay method. Unfortunately‚ this approach often results in a cash flow crisis for the Organization due to patients failing to pay their costs. Not only can it cause detrimental effects to the business‚ but can also be a lot of hassle and time chasing after the clients to ensure that they submit payments. The California Sutter Health approach is a great solution to save money‚ and also provide a higher quality care to consumers
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California Sutter Health Sharon Bauer ACC 281 Christopher Stevens October 8‚ 2012 Imagine a business that could not properly handle its debts or collections. Now imagine that this same business never had real-time information to analyze‚ make important financial decisions‚ or could not set any benchmarks and received all information 30 days late. Do you think this business could survive? The answer is yes‚ in this paper we will discuss California Sutter Health which was in that situation
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California Sutter Health Approach Debbie Daniels ACC 281 Accounting Concepts for Health Care Professionals Instructor: Marquita Blackwell February 23‚ 2015 Introduction Sutter Health is a non-profit community-based healthcare system. It is based in Sacramento‚ Northern California. The healthcare system serves patients and families where the healthcare providers join resources and share expertise to develop and advance the quality of healthcare. The non-profit network initiated an interface with
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Denise Cobb Sutter Health Approach Accounting Concepts for Health Care Professionals Ona Johnson April 26‚ 2010 Sutter Health is a non- for-profit community based healthcare and hospital system based in Sacramento‚ CA. This system serves patients and their families in more than 100 Northern California cities and towns‚ Sutter Health doctors‚ hospitals and other health care service providers join resources and share expertise to advance health care quality and access. The organization
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have Alzheimer ’s disease or a related dementia. It is the sixth leading cause of death in the country. According to the California Department of Public Health‚ “Currently‚ there are 588‚208 Californians 55 and over living with Alzheimer’s disease; one-tenth of the nation’s Alzheimer’s patients reside in this state. By 2030‚ this number will nearly double in California; growing to over 1.1 million. Due to a rapidly aging population‚ the number of California’s Latinos and Asians living with
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Sutter Health Approach Essay 1 Sutter Health Approach Essay ACC:281 05/16/11 Sutter Health Approach Essay 2 Sutter Health is based out of Sacramento‚ CA. Sutter Health is a non-for-profit community based healthcare. (Gleeson‚ B 2010). This system serves their patients and families in more than 100 Northern CA cities and towns‚ Sutter Health doctors‚ and other healthcare service providers join resources and share their expertise to advance healthcare and the quality and access that may be
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Sutter Health Cheryl Poole ACC 281 Accounting Concepts for Health Care Professionals Instructor: Nyalambi Mulwanda December 17‚ 2012 In 2006 Sutter Health began the process of trying to find a process that would increase its upfront collections from self-pay patients. Sutter Health started with its patient account representatives‚ collection‚ and other areas of the central business unit to transfer many of the back end process to registration. Was the approach that Sutter Health
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Sutter Health Care Case Analysis ACC 281: Accounting Concepts for Health Care Professionals Arlene Rivero May 21st‚ 2011 Sutter Health Care Case Analysis With the current recession‚ health care organizations have seen in increase in the inability to collect debt from self-pay‚ uninsured‚ and underinsured patients. This has caused a struggle on the organization to meet operational margins‚ and profits. There are a number of reasons for this new increase in patient debts‚ the more common
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Sutter Health Case Analysis California Sutter Health is a not-for-profit health system that serves many patients and the families of over 100 Northern California cities and towns. They have grown from a small independent health care facility in Sacramento to one of the largest health care providers today. Due to the increase in costs and the inability to collect payments‚ there have been many financial rollercoaster rides with the budgeting and patient collections. As a result‚ they have been working
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Jeffrey B. Viernes 1550 Wilder Ave #A1102 Honolulu‚ HI 96822 (808) 634-5291 nursejbv21@yahoo.com Sutter Health Attn: Human Resources Department Dr. Hiring Manager‚ I am writing in response to an announcement recently posted on the Sutter Health employment opportunities web site. As you can see in my resume‚ I currently hold an Associate Degree in Nursing and graduated last May 2013 from Kauai Community College‚ School of Nursing. I passed all exams including my final exam with flying colors
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