Go to the hospital compare website and search for the hospital, INTEGRIS Baptist

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Go to the hospital compare website and search for the hospital, INTEGRIS Baptist Medical Center (IBMC), located in Oklahoma City, zip code 73112. Take some time to review the various hospital performance measures provided then answer the following questions and discuss with your classmates.

What is one element of data you find to be particularly interesting? Explain why.

Take a look at the Medicare Payment tab. How does IBMC’s Medicare spending per beneficiary compare to the Oklahoma and National average?

Now spend some time reviewing the IBMC website: http://integrisok.com/baptist-medical-center-oklahoma-city-ok/about-us. Share your thoughts on possible reasons IBMC’s Medicare hospital spending per patient is higher than the Oklahoma and National average.

What could/should the IBMC revenue cycle team do to analyze this ratio?

Explanation / Answer

One of the element of data that I find to be very interesting is the Volunteering services that are provided by the Baptist Medical Care. This institution is asking professionals to come and volunteer to provide the medical services to the people who are not able to get them. In this day and age of people looking at all the services, coming at a cost, to inculcate the habit of volunteering people to do some social service to the needy people is a good act of developing the mindset of the young individuals. This will go a long way in the future to come. Money minded healthcare provinding system will come a stand still.

In the medical payment tab it is showing as quickpay and when it is being clicked, it is asking to register my name and other details to make the payment. When you are asking for all the other details you should not have placed it under the option of quick pay.

IBMC's medicare spending per beneficiary is on the higher side when compared to the national average. They are providing a lot of medical services at a reasonable price. This will consolidate over a period of time. The action plan of having volunteers in the healthcare industry will cut down drastically on the medicare cost per beneficiary.

The IBMC's revenue cycle system had already analysed this high cost that they are incurring in providing services to the patients. The had already done something about it. This is the option of including volunteers in the healthcare field. This is a new idea. But intensive care should me taken to see that the benefits of having volunteers on board, is directly passed on to the needy beneficiaries. The profits must not be booked to the owner's pocket

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