Over the years, TSG’s Patient/Consumer Portal has empowered a number of patients at various Meditech Hospitals and now has available an option for Consolidated Patient Friendly Billing to enhance your revenue cycle process. This will lower your cost of collecting self pay payments, promote debt management, eliminate third-party vendor by bringing the easy-to-use application in-house   

During Laila’s presentation, attendees had inquiries pertaining to Consolidated Patient Friendly Statements:

Q.	What is TSG’s Consolidated Patient Friendly Billing?
A.	Consolidated Patient Friendly Billing is a web-based application that integrates hospital and clinic statements in a single, patient friendly, easy-to-read statement with rules to enhance your revenue cycle
Q.	What are the benefits of moving forward with consolidated billing?
A.	·  Reduces the volume of patient statements that a patient receives – combines multiple visits, multiple doctor information in ONE statement ·  Integrates hospital and clinic statements to create a consolidated patient statement  ·  Creates a personalized and customized patient statement that allows you to control messages, printing, rules and much more ·  Saves thousands of dollars in statement printing, mailing and collection cost
Q.	Can patients choose to pay a certain amount on their balance using TSG’s Patient Portal or are they obligated to pay the full payment?
A.	In TSG’s Patient Portal patients may choose to pay their accounts in full or submit partial payments on multiple accounts. This feature may be turned on or off depending on the needs of the organization
Q.	Can the Patient/Consumer Portal be used to market physician services?
A.	Patient/Consumer Portal has a powerful Physician Directory Management Application which is used to promote/recruit physicians and enhance your revenue stream
Q.	Does TSG’s Patient Portal fulfill ‘Meaningful Use’ criteria?
A.	Yes. TSG’s Patient Portal engages patients and families in their healthcare process and care coordination. Patients have access to their personal health information in a secure and protected manner. Since Patient Portal is browser-based, patients find it easy to navigate and use the portal for maintaining their healthcare portfolio needs.

Contact The Shams Group if you would like to receive a demo on Patient Portal or learn more about Consolidated Patient Friendly Billing