A healthcare organization is implementing Lean accounting principles in its financial operations. Determine the Billing Error Rate for a billing department that processed 1,000 invoices with 30 billing errors. Calculate the error rate and recommend steps to reduce billing errors. Justify the importance of reducing billing errors in Lean healthcare practices.

Requirements:

• Calculate the Billing Error Rate.
• Recommend steps to reduce billing errors.
• Justify the importance of reducing billing errors in Lean healthcare practices.