--- title: The Wilshire Group Blog | Patient Access Services (2) description: Patient Access Services | Welcome to The Wilshire Group's Blog! This is where you'll find our thoughts, analysis, and advice on a number of health and EMR topics. 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Two of our experts, Andrew Wade and Matt Perron, ask each other a few questions on what this could mean for healthcare organizations and what they could be doing to [...] [Read More](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/pricing-transparency-executive-order-questions-answered) ## [Compassionate Collections: Increase POS Collections by Teaching Staff How to Ask for Money](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/compassionate-collections-increase-pos-patient-access) by [Rebecca Haymaker](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/author/rebecca-haymaker) June 18, 2019 [Thought Leadership](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/tag/thought-leadership) [Revenue Cycle](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/tag/revenue-cycle) [Patient Access Services](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/tag/patient-access-services) With increasing patient out-of-pocket liability, healthcare organizations are moving more collections efforts to pre-registration and point-of-service (POS). Starting these conversations early provides transparency for patients, increased overall [...] [Read More](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/compassionate-collections-increase-pos-patient-access) ## [Introducing the Registration and Authorization Quality Quick HIT](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/patient-access-registration-and-authorization-quality-quick-hit) ![Matt Perron](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/hubfs/mperron.png) by [Matt Perron](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/author/matt-perron) May 07, 2019 [Thought Leadership](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/tag/thought-leadership) [Company News](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/tag/company-news) [Revenue Cycle](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/tag/revenue-cycle) [Patient Access Services](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/tag/patient-access-services) In our [March Newsletter](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/newsletter-jan-2019-0), the Wilshire Group introduced [Quick HITS](https://www.benzinga.com/pressreleases/19/04/r13511830/the-wilshire-group-expands-its-offering-with-quick-hits) – short term, focused projects designed to maximize your ROI. We are happy to announce our first patient access focused project, Registration and Authorization Quality! [Read More](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/patient-access-registration-and-authorization-quality-quick-hit) ## [Will you be at the NAHAM conference?](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/naham-conference-2019-orlando) by [Rebecca Haymaker](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/author/rebecca-haymaker) April 05, 2019 [Company News](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/tag/company-news) [Patient Access Services](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/tag/patient-access-services) If so, we are looking forward to mingling with you at the 45th annual NAHAM conference in Orlando, FL! [Read More](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/naham-conference-2019-orlando) ## [Happy Patient Access Week!](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/happy-patient-access-week) by [Rebecca Haymaker](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/author/rebecca-haymaker) April 04, 2019 [Company News](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/tag/company-news) [Patient Access Services](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/tag/patient-access-services) Happy Patient Access Week from The Wilshire Group! 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Conversations centered around all of the hot topics you’d [...] [Read More](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/himss-part1) ## [The Hierarchy to High-Quality Registration](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/high-quality-registration) ![Matt Perron](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/hubfs/mperron.png) by [Matt Perron](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/author/matt-perron) January 29, 2019 [Thought Leadership](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/tag/thought-leadership) [Epic](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/tag/epic) [Revenue Cycle](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/tag/revenue-cycle) [Revenue Integrity](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/tag/revenue-integrity) [Patient Access Services](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/tag/patient-access-services) We all know that quality registration forms the bedrock for a high-quality revenue cycle. 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