--- title: Medical Billing Services and Bad Debt - Blog - Emerald AR | Audrey Cooper description: Our blog keeps you up-to-date and informed regarding all things medical billing services and bad debt management. With healthcare being such a dynamic industry, it's great to keep your options available to all full service opportunities for your patients. --- - [Billing Dispute](https://share.hsforms.com/19JMxXfLJQVmZAu_Z6lfvFQ2vj2o?__hstc=33507169.a4ef11b15f1fbdf0c689f7913c4e0aa7.1565064394586.1565283894559.1565291729783.11&__hssc=33507169.2.1565291729783&__hsfp=4249850865) - [Pay Your Bill](https://www.youraccountcenter.com/) - [Careers](https://www.emeraldar.com/careers/) [![](https://www.emeraldar.com/hubfs/logobig.png) ![](https://www.emeraldar.com/hubfs/logosmall-1.png) ![](https://www.emeraldar.com/hubfs/logobig.png)](https://emeraldar.com) [Client Portal](https://clientportal.emeraldar.com/) - [Home](https://www.emeraldar.com) - Products - [Medicaid Eligibility](https://www.emeraldar.com/eligibility) - Services - [Patient Statements](https://www.emeraldar.com/statements) - [Early Stage Patient Billing](https://www.emeraldar.com/earlystagebilling) - [Late Stage Billing](https://www.emeraldar.com/latestagepatientbilling) - [Blog](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog) - Resources - [Anesthesiology Patient Billing](https://www.emeraldar.com/anesthesiology-patient-billing) - [Radiology Patient Billing](https://www.emeraldar.com/radiology-patient-billing-services/) - [Medicaid Eligibility](https://www.emeraldar.com/medicaid-eligibility) - [Hospital Patient Billing](https://www.emeraldar.com/hospital-patient-billing-services/) - [Contact Us](https://www.emeraldar.com/contact) ## Self-Pay Revenue Management ## Audrey Cooper ![](https://www.emeraldar.com/hs-fs/hubfs/woman-995164_640.png?width=35&name=woman-995164_640.png) ## Recent Posts ###### 2 min read ## [Improving the Healthcare Economy with Better Communication](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/improving-the-healthcare-economy-with-better-communication) By [Audrey Cooper](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/author/audrey-cooper) on March 3, 2020 - 3:14 PM [![](https://www.emeraldar.com/hubfs/New%20Blog%20Post%20(5).png)](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/improving-the-healthcare-economy-with-better-communication) Health plays an important economic role in modern society. Despite widespread access to technological and human resources, the US economy faces significant problems with bankruptcies rising from healthcare debt, healthcare costs and uncompensated care. Topics: [Community health](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/topic/community-health) [Health Centers](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/topic/health-centers) [communication](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/topic/communication) [multi-lingual patient](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/topic/multi-lingual-patient) [Patient Friendly](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/topic/patient-friendly) [problem solving](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/topic/problem-solving) [patientbilling](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/topic/patientbilling) [notices](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/topic/notices) [Continue Reading](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/improving-the-healthcare-economy-with-better-communication) ###### 2 min read ## [3 Resilient Revenue Cycle Processes](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/3-resilient-revenue-cycle-processes) By [Audrey Cooper](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/author/audrey-cooper) on September 18, 2019 - 1:03 PM [![](https://www.emeraldar.com/hubfs/Bodybuilder.jpg)](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/3-resilient-revenue-cycle-processes) Keeping track of employees is not an easy task. Management often spends a lot of time focusing on what employees are doing, where the "wasted" time is spent, and how to do things faster - making their company lean, mean, and ready for action. No management team sets out to micromanage their employees, but rather to understand where time is spent in order to improve efficiency, productivity, and communication. Emerald has developed a number of processes that are designed to do just that. These three processes have had significant impacts on our organization.  Topics: [Community health](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/topic/community-health) [Health Centers](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/topic/health-centers) [Revenue](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/topic/revenue) [problem solving](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/topic/problem-solving) [customer service](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/topic/customer-service) [debt collections](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/topic/debt-collections) [healthcare collections](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/topic/healthcare-collections) [Continue Reading](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/3-resilient-revenue-cycle-processes) ###### 2 min read ## [Automated Processes Transform Healthcare Billing](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/hospitalrevenue) By [Audrey Cooper](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/author/audrey-cooper) on May 6, 2019 - 10:00 AM [![](https://www.emeraldar.com/hubfs/web-development.jpg)](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/hospitalrevenue) Have you been operating with an understaffed department? Are your 60-120-day buckets getting larger and larger? Do you have way too many manual processes? Were you nodding at any of these questions as you were reading them?  Adding more staff and manual processes are what I characterize as "band-aid" fixes -- great for clean-up projects, but not ideal as permanent solutions to a problem that will continue to rear its ugly head.  Topics: [Revenue](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/topic/revenue) [healthcare debt](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/topic/healthcare-debt) [cfo](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/topic/cfo) [problem solving](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/topic/problem-solving) [billing](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/topic/billing) [medicaidbilling](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/topic/medicaidbilling) [customer service](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/topic/customer-service) [outsourcing](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/topic/outsourcing) [outsource](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/topic/outsource) [patientbilling](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/topic/patientbilling) [VP Revenue Cycle Management](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/topic/vp-revenue-cycle-management) [Continue Reading](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/hospitalrevenue) ###### 3 min read ## [5 Processes to Boost your Healthcare Revenue](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/5-processes-to-boost-your-healthcare-revenue) By [Audrey Cooper](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/author/audrey-cooper) on March 27, 2019 - 6:22 PM [![](https://www.emeraldar.com/hubfs/healthcare_revenue.jpg)](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/5-processes-to-boost-your-healthcare-revenue) There’s a goldmine hidden within your billing processes but finding and extracting the extra revenue on your own can take time and resources that few organizations have – unless they have the right partners. Topics: [healthcare debt](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/topic/healthcare-debt) [medical billing process](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/topic/medical-billing-process) [medical billing](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/topic/medical-billing) [money](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/topic/money) [problem solving](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/topic/problem-solving) [Continue Reading](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/5-processes-to-boost-your-healthcare-revenue) ###### 3 min read ## [3 Tips That Will Help Your Community Health Center Grow](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/fqhc-challenges) By [Audrey Cooper](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/author/audrey-cooper) on February 20, 2019 - 12:33 AM [![](https://www.emeraldar.com/hubfs/Emerald_AR_December2018%20Theme/images/class-action-tcpa.jpg)](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/fqhc-challenges) The most productive communities are those with a healthy population. That’s why Community Health centers exist: to provide the medical support our communities need to maintain good health. At a state and local level, we’ve all seen the need and the federal government acknowledged the need by creating the Community Health Center Fund in 2010 to pay for the operation and expansion of health centers through the nation. So far, they’ve appropriated close to [3.8 billion dollars](http://www.nachc.org/policy-matters/federal-issues/appropriations/). The money helps with the growth of these health centers but it doesn’t solve all their problems.  Joan Quigley, President and CEO for North Hudson Community Action Corp, said “We are always struggling to keep up with funding”. The RAND research group conducted research on FQHC’s. When asked about operational viability, a researcher said “Although many federally qualified health centers have historically provided patient-centered, team-based care, the implementation of other medical-home components, such as expanding access to care after hours and developing data-analytic capabilities, may present substantial challenges in health centers that have limited financial resources or high staff turnover.” [Continue Reading](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/fqhc-challenges) [All posts](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/all) ### Featured ### Sign up for updates - [Contact Us](https://www.emeraldar.com/contact-us/) - [Patient Payment Site](https://youraccountcenter.com) - [Client Portal](https://clientportal.emeraldar.com) ###### Contact Us 866-299-8383 [info@emeraldar.com](mailto:info@emeraldar.com) Phoenix, AZ 85012 ©2019 Company Inc. All rights reserved. - [About Us](https://www.emeraldar.com/about-us/) - [Contact Us](https://www.emeraldar.com/contact-us/)