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Editor’s E-Note
Many healthcare facilities are looking for ways to cut expenses as they ride out the financial downturn. Is cancer registry ripe for cutbacks? In our E-News Exclusive, a department manager says it would be foolish to slash staff. In fact, now might be the time to add qualified registrars.
— Lee DeOrio, editor |
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Keeping Registries Staffed in Tough Times
By Ellen R. Kolender, RHIA, CTR
Just as cancer registries were beginning to move out of the basement or the medical records department to find homes in the cancer center, the outlook has changed, and their mere existence is now in jeopardy. Staff numbers are being reexamined, as healthcare leaders have focused much of their attention on the budget.
Each day, registry staff find it more difficult to keep up with their workload, while hospitals fight to stay financially afloat. The economy’s current state has impacted hospitals’ payer mix, as patients have less insurance coverage or none at all. Cancer patients are especially vulnerable because insurance companies determine procedure approval, as well as medication or chemotherapy coverage. At the same time, elective procedures are being placed on hold.
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