The chargemaster typically serves as the starting point for negotiations with patients and health insurance providers of what amount of money will actually be paid to the hospital. It is described as the central mechanism of the revenue cycle of a hospital.
Carcinoma is a type of cancer that develops from epithelial cells. Specifically, a carcinoma is a cancer that begins in a tissue that lines the inner or outer surfaces of the body, and that generally arises from cells originating in the endodermal or ectodermal germ layer during embryogenesis.
What is transitional cell carcinoma? Transitional cell carcinoma is an abnormal growth of the cells lining the collecting system of the kidney or ureters. A similar cancer can be found in the bladder. Cancers are formed when the cells normally found in our body grow rapidly and without control.