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Diagnosis: Losing Money Hand Over Fist

Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer

Some medical practices think that simply automating billing and collection processes will put an end to chasing dollars from insurance companies. But a number of things can go wrong. This unique service provider ensures the front-end processes and workflows match

Smoothing Over the Privacy Potholes in BPO Outsourcing

Rebecca S. Eisner, Partner, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw

New U.S. laws have made privacy and data security a risky business. Be scared. Be very scared. Here's why.

Outsourcing Solves Paralyzing Predicament

Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer

State tax rates, FICA payments and address changes are only a few of the headaches inundating a stock option process. Here's the story of what one company gained by outsourcing this administrative nightmare.

How British Petroleum Began Using Outsourcing to Make its Dreams Come True

Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer

Learn why BP believes this outsourcing relationship may be the single most successful deal it has ever done.

BPO Business Blueprint for 2002

Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer

Economic pressures in a down economy ignited a renewed interest in BPO. That flared into a bonfire of interest in finance and accounting outsourcing.

Payroll Outsourcing Becomes Payday For Suppliers

Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer

Payroll becomes the central focus of human resources outsourcing. This saves trees because paper forms become a thing of the past.

Birthing a BPO: The VC Route

Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer

Web-enabled applications have made the BPO offering irresistible. Outsourcing typical BPO functions like finance and accounting or human resources continues to gain popularity because outsourcing helps companies reduce their risk. The outsourcing vendor is an expert in the field, so

Wireless Billing Complexities Crave Outsourcing

Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer

Current communication providers will need to revamp their system to handle billing processes for wireless services. Thomas Tunstall, Ph.D., at KPMG Consulting LLC, explains that the revenue streams that have come from voice will increasingly shift to data. Traffic from

Collective Behavior

Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer

Believe it or not, before the launch of Windows 95, the ledgers of Microsoft's European entity, based in Ireland, looked dreadful. Mark Creighton, EMEA Credit and Collections Manager for Microsoft European Operations Centre, says the company decided to bring someone

Outsourcing is Taking Three Forks

Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer

Traditionally, outsourcing has been IT oriented. Today, however, outsourcing is taking three different paths. I see outsourcing falling into three distinct categories: the traditional IT suppliers,† the application service providers (ASP), and the business process outsourcing (BPO) suppliers. Different currents

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