--- title: Medical Billing Services and Bad Debt - Blog - Emerald AR | Community Health Centers description: Community Health Centers | 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 ###### 2 min read ## [Community Health Center Grant Resources](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/community-health-center-grant-resources) By [Emerald](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/author/emerald) on November 21, 2019 - 8:00 AM [![](https://www.emeraldar.com/hubfs/community_health_grant_resource.png)](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/community-health-center-grant-resources) Topics: [Health Care Growth](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/topic/health-care-growth) [Affordable Medical Service](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/topic/affordable-medical-service) [Community health](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/topic/community-health) [Health Centers](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/topic/health-centers) [Community Health Centers](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/topic/community-health-centers) [FQHC](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/topic/fqhc) [FQHC funding](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/topic/fqhc-funding) [problem solving](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/topic/problem-solving) [medicaidbilling](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/topic/medicaidbilling) [outsourcing](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/topic/outsourcing) [Continue Reading](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/community-health-center-grant-resources) ###### 2 min read ## [Community Health-- Guide to Reputation Management](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/community-health-guide-to-reputation-management) By [Emerald](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/author/emerald) on August 26, 2019 - 12:34 PM [![](https://www.emeraldar.com/hubfs/pic-1.png)](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/community-health-guide-to-reputation-management) Increasingly, people are turning to the internet and social media to find healthcare professionals when they need them. The visibility that sharing online has brought about makes maintaining a good reputation more difficult to attain and maintain. The medical industry has become more competitive, and reputation management is no longer optional for anyone in the industry. Topics: [Community health](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/topic/community-health) [Community Health Centers](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/topic/community-health-centers) [patient communication](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/topic/patient-communication) [Patient Friendly](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/topic/patient-friendly) [problem solving](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/topic/problem-solving) [scheduling](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/topic/scheduling) [Continue Reading](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/community-health-guide-to-reputation-management) ###### 3 min read ## [3 Reasons Your Patient Notices Are Confusing](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/3-reasons-why-your-patient-notices-are-confusing-1) By [Kaylee Gordon Riddle](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/author/kaylee-gordon-riddle) on April 11, 2019 - 3:06 PM [![](https://www.emeraldar.com/hubfs/iStock_000025568323_Medium-1.jpg)](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/3-reasons-why-your-patient-notices-are-confusing-1) A patient notice is one of the most powerful communication tools in healthcare revenue. Without them, the patient wouldn't know how much to or when to pay. Unfortunately, 57% of patients are confused by their billing statements. The result of their confusion leads to payment delays and an increase patient call volume.  Let's be real here.  Billing offices don't have time or the resources to manage more calls and they certainly don't want to wait longer to get paid. Emerald's research team decided to tackle the problem. We worked with industry experts to improve the patient statement. We compared multiple notice templates, analyzed patient calls and other concerns related to the statement.  When we finished our analysis, we narrowed our improvements to three main areas.   Topics: [Community health](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/topic/community-health) [Health Centers](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/topic/health-centers) [Community Health Centers](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/topic/community-health-centers) [Revenue](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/topic/revenue) [medical billing](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/topic/medical-billing) [Tools](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/topic/tools) [money](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/topic/money) [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) [patientbilling](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/topic/patientbilling) [notices](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/topic/notices) [Continue Reading](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/3-reasons-why-your-patient-notices-are-confusing-1) ## [Form 990](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/form-990/) By [Acooper32](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/author/acooper32) on November 5, 2018 - 8:14 PM [![](https://www.emeraldar.com/hubfs/Emerald_AR_December2018%20Theme/images/prop.jpg)](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/form-990/) # What Federally Qualified Health Centers Need to Know About Form 990 The time for your Federally Qualified Community Health Center \[FQHC\] to complete form 990 is approaching soon. There aren’t a lot of changes this year so we’ve created Topics: [Community health](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/topic/community-health) [Community Health Centers](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/topic/community-health-centers) [Form990](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/topic/form990) [FQHC](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/topic/fqhc) [Revenue](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/topic/revenue) [Donors](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/topic/donors) [Tax Exempt](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/topic/tax-exempt) [Continue Reading](https://www.emeraldar.com/blog/form-990/) [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. 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