Chamberlin Edmonds Retained by Citrus Valley Medical Center to Secure Reimbursement for Uncompensated Care Costs.Eligibility specialists will help California provider improve funding from federal benefit programs as under- and uninsured numbers cases rise ATLANTA -- Chamberlin Edmonds and Associates, Inc., a leading provider of comprehensive patient eligibility services to hospitals, today announced that it was selected by Citrus Valley Medical Center, a 520-bed hospital based in Covina, Calif., to help obtain reimbursement Reimbursement Payment made to someone for out-of-pocket expenses has incurred. for under- and uninsured patients. Chamberlin Edmonds on-site eligibility specialists will work in conjunction with Citrus Valley staff, serving as advocates for patients to secure coverage from federal Supplemental Security Income Supplemental Security Income A Social Security program established to help the blind, disabled, and poor. (SSI (1) See server-side include and single-system image. (2) (Small-Scale Integration) Less than 100 transistors on a chip. See MSI, LSI, VLSI and ULSI. 1. (electronics) SSI - small scale integration. 2. ) programs. Recent statistics show that for every percentage point unemployment rates rise, the number of uninsured Americans increases by 1.1 million. With unemployment currently at 8.5%, healthcare providers are bowing under a tremendous financial burden, as they strain to care for patients without losing millions in revenue or jeopardizing their financial stability. Citrus Valley has long pursued benefits from state programs to assist self-pay patients, but recently identified a need to expand outreach to federal sources. "After seeing what Chamberlin Edmonds offered, we realized that none of the other vendors we considered came close to presenting comparable expertise," says Lois Conyers, CFO See Chief Financial Officer. at Citrus Valley Medical Center. "Their experience with federal programs enables their staff to effectively navigate the SSI eligibility process on behalf of our patients - and, ultimately, help produce incremental Additional or increased growth, bulk, quantity, number, or value; enlarged. Incremental cost is additional or increased cost of an item or service apart from its actual cost. revenue for our organization." Besides bolstering direct patient-care revenues from federal programs, Citrus Valley leadership also realized that these efforts would help increase Disproportionate Share Hospital The United States government provides special funding to hospitals who treat significant populations of indigent patients through the Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) programs. (DSH DSH Disproportionate Share Hospital DSH Domestic Short Hair (cat) DSH Deliberate Self-Harm DSH Desperately Seeking Help (USENET) DSH Dyschromatosis Symmetrica Hereditaria ) program payments, which enables the facility to better care for low-income populations. "We are looking forward to the opportunity to work with Citrus Valley Medical Center to help it explore untapped revenue sources," says Kirk Reid, Executive Vice President at Chamberlin Edmonds. "Our specialists will work directly with patients to identify resources that match their situation, and then pursue programs that will generate coverage for the patient and revenue for Citrus Valley." Chamberlin Edmonds patient-centric eligibility services include Medicaid, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Social Security Disability Insurance Benefits (SSDIB), Medicare, state disability and charity care, as well as many community programs. The firm's professional guidance, from application through follow-up, is offered at no cost to patients. About Citrus Valley Medical Center Citrus Valley Health Partners serves a community of 930,000 people, with a staff of more than 3,000. Eight hundred physicians are dedicated to providing quality healthcare services in a compassionate com·pas·sion·ate adj. 1. Feeling or showing compassion; sympathetic. See Synonyms at humane. 2. Granted to an individual because of an emergency or other unusual circumstances: environment. Citrus Valley Medical Center has two hospital facilities: Inter-Community Campus in Covina and Queen of the Valley Campus in West Covina West Covina, city (1990 pop. 96,086), Los Angeles co., S Calif., in the San Gabriel valley; settled 1905, inc. 1923. Before World War II, West Covina was a small rural community where walnuts, wheat, and livestock were raised. . For more information about Citrus Valley Medical Center, please visit http://cvhp.org/Home.aspx. About Chamberlin Edmonds Headquartered in Atlanta, Ga., Chamberlin Edmonds serves as patient advocates and provides comprehensive eligibility services to hospitals, government and managed care organizations nationwide. The company guides patients through complex application processes to secure government and community reimbursement for uncompensated uncompensated (  n·kômˑ·p medical care expenses.
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