PRINCETON, N.J., Oct. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Michael S. Friedberg, CHE of Morganville, NJ has joined Besler Consulting, a leading financial and operational consultancy to healthcare providers.
Phil Besler, president and chief executive officer of the consulting firm, made the announcement. Mr. Besler said Mr. Friedberg’s arrival at BESLER Consulting is in keeping with the company’s strategic approach to expansion of our Revenue Cycle product line services.
“Mr. Friedberg brings extensive Patient Access expertise in the reduction of denials, converting self pay revenue into cash, process improvement and key indicator development,” said Mr. Besler. “His expertise will provide our clients with depth of knowledge and level of experience invaluable in their on-going efforts to identify unrealized sources of revenue and strengthen communications between disparate revenue cycle team members.”
Michael S. Friedberg, CHE was formerly the Corporate Director of Receivable Determination for Liberty Healthcare System in Hudson County, New Jersey. His responsibilities included the admission/registration, financial counseling, and charity care areas of this three acute care hospital system. Through this role, Michael developed superior expertise in patient access that he can now offer Besler Consulting clients. He has helped hospitals avoid significant lost revenues. Michael works to eliminate this commonly unrealized source of lost revenues while also safeguarding the patient access process and revenue cycle for the future, which ultimately results in monetary savings for the hospital.
According to Mr. Besler, Michael graduated from SUNY-Binghamton in 1988 with a BA in Political Science, and from New York University’s Robert Wagner School of Public Service with an MPA in Health Policy and Management in 1997. Michael is a Diplomate of the American College of Healthcare Executives. He serves on many ACHE and HFMA committees. Michael has received the 2002-2003 NJHFMA Chapter Achievement Award, National HFMA PFS Forum Award and Helen Yerger Award. Michael was also honored by the Jersey City Fire Department in 2002 for his service to the victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. Michael is a speaker at many local and national meetings on patient access and the conversion of self pay patients to governmental programs.
About Besler Consulting:
Founded in 1986 to offer reimbursement services to acute care hospitals, Besler Consulting today provides consulting expertise in many other areas including coding, revenue cycle management, health information, compliance, accreditation, clinical staffing and interim management in a variety of provider settings.
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CONTACT: Michael S. Friedberg, Besler Consulting, +1-877-4BESLER
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