Implementing Green Strategies That Contain Costs and Reduce Waste
A campaign to educate clinicians on proper waste segregation can improve compliance with regulations and keep regular waste out of more costly waste streams.
Revenue Cycle Strategist: February 2019 Issue
Subscribers can view the February 2019 issue of Revenue Cycle Strategist.
Small Percentage of Uninsured Patients Generate Most of Hospitals’ Self-Pay Payments
Focusing on accounts that are most likely to be paid in full and identifying billable insurance can help hospitals tackle self-pay challenges.
Bridging the Gap: The Role of the Physician Advisor in Revenue Cycle Operations
Hospitals are deploying physician advisors to bolster the revenue cycle in a variety of areas, including clinical documentation, denials prevention, utilization review, and value analysis.
Third-Party Liability Claims Create Compliance Complexity for Providers
Understanding the complexities of third-party liability can mean the difference between revenue protection or revenue lost for providers.
The Time Is Now to Act on the 2019 Medicare Final OPPS Rule
Although some OPPS rule changes are being challenged by key stakeholders, hospitals and health systems should move forward with implementation and measure the financial impact.
hfm Magazine: February 2019
The February 2019 edition of hfm explores people and culture in healthcare finance, focusing on performance improvement, academic-community relationships, and care delivery.
The Origins of Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology
A growing variety of applications for blockchain offers an expanding range of tools designed to solve specific problems in the healthcare industry.
Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule: 3 Must-Do Steps for Physicians
The Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for 2019 includes a variety of new policies—and revenue opportunities for providers if they take a few key steps in relation to areas such as payment rates, documentation requirements, and new services.
CAHs and Cost Reports
A critical access hospital’s cost of delivering care to Medicare patients is estimated using the cost accounting data that these Medicare-certified institutions submit annually to CMS via Medicare cost reports.