Published 2025-11-10
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OPTIMIZATION OF BILLING PROCESSES IN A FIRST-LEVEL PUBLIC HEALTHCARE INSTITUTION IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF TELLO, HUILA: EVIDENCE OF CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT

DOI: https://doi.org/10.22490/ECISA.10040
Karla Estefania Yustres Clavijo Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia
Ana Maria Cubillos Manrique Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia
Ligia Ester Guzmán Babativa Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia
This document presents the results of an administrative improvement intervention carried out as part of a professional practicum at the Public Social Enterprise (ESE) of the municipality of Tello, Huila, Colombia. The institution, focused on delivering primary healthcare services to both urban and rural populations, was facing several challenges in its billing processes. These included recurring errors in procedure coding, significant delays in account reconciliation, and weaknesses in the management of billing objections (glosas), all of which hindered effective accounts receivable recovery and threatened the institution’s financial stability. The objective of this initiative was to design and implement an improvement plan aimed at optimizing these processes, using the PHVA (Plan-Do-Check-Act) cycle as the guiding methodological framework. The intervention was structured into four key phases: diagnosis, analysis, design, and implementation. Management tools such as checklists, key performance indicator (KPI) analysis, protocol standardization, partial process automation, and human resource capacity-building were employed.
keywords: Administrative management, Medical billing, Continuous improvement
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Yustres Clavijo, K. E., Cubillos Manrique, A. M., & Guzmán Babativa, L. E. (2025). OPTIMIZATION OF BILLING PROCESSES IN A FIRST-LEVEL PUBLIC HEALTHCARE INSTITUTION IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF TELLO, HUILA: EVIDENCE OF CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT. Documentos De Trabajo ECISA, 8(8). https://doi.org/10.22490/ECISA.10040
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