Lesson 2: The First Four Wastes
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About This Lesson
Learn Transportation, Inventory, Motion, and Waiting with revenue cycle examples.
Video 1: Transportation — The Wandering Claim
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Transportation Waste: Claim Routing
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Video 2: Inventory — The Backlog Mountain
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47 days
Average work sitting in queues
A typical healthcare billing department has nearly 7 weeks of work sitting idle in various queues at any given time.
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Video 3: Motion — The Five-System Shuffle
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Video 4: Waiting — On Hold for Eternity
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The First Four Wastes (T-I-M-W)
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