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MICHAEL G. HASSAN, CHFP

DIRECTOR - PATIENT ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT SERVICES

EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science - Finance, with Honors, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, MA


CAREER EXPERIENCE
 
Applied Management Systems, Inc., Burlington, Massachusetts: Director, Patient Account Management
Services Osborne Associates, Arlington, MA: Vice President,
Consulting Services Morton Hospital, Taunton, MA: Director, Patient Financial Services

TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE 
Mr. Hassan brings to AMS more than 35 years experience in healthcare accounts receivables management and consulting. Some of the services he can provide to our clients include:

  • Interim management of healthcare patient accounting services

  • Management of third party recovery projects

  • Analyzing aged accounts receivable to determine probability of collection

  • Operational overview of healthcare patient accounting functions to identify opportunities for improvement

  • Maximizing use and effectiveness of client BAR information system

  • Patient account staff benchmarking

  • Business office policy and procedural development

  • Analysis of the effects that the revenue cycle has on unresolved receivables

  • Staff education on third-party claim resolution issues

  • Extensive knowledge of healthcare receivable information systems, in particular MEDITECH, SMS, AS400, IDEX, HBOC

SPECIAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS  

  • Interim management of both small and large multi-service acute care facilities

  • Interim management of a for profit rural hospital. Helped identify report development errors that caused significant overpayments to an outsourcing vendor

  • Managed the government payer unit of a specialty/acute care hospital.  Helped increase EDI transmission with out-of-state providers.  Played leading role in recovery of $1.5M in contested payments.

  • Managed a recovery project for a large community health care system. Resulted in over $3M in reduction of aged receivables

  • Managed a recovery project for a specialty care provider that produced $500,000 in recoveries

  • Assisted client in developing a work plan and identifying a job assignment to comply with required patient accounting staff reductions

  • Helped client to adapt to a new BAR HIS. Done in conjunction with the hospitals goal of reducing AR outstanding and planned merger with another facility

  • Chaired HIS selection committee (MEDITECH). Managed successful implementation

  • Helped found accounts receivable users group (MEDITECH)

  • Healthcare Financial Management Association - CHFP

AFFILIATIONS  
Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) Massachusetts Association of Patient Account Management (MAPAM)

 

 

 

 
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