Parallon: Helping providers tackle complex revenue cycle challenges
A leading revenue cycle management company talks about how it partners with healthcare organizations to use technology for optimizing financial performance and enabling patient-centric financial interactions.
Taking the sting out of patient bill payment
An innovative technology startup talks about its free, user-friendly bill payment app and how it can help healthcare organizations provide a simpler way for patients to pay.
Pursuing innovation in the revenue cycle to transform operations
A roundtable of healthcare revenue cycle leaders discusses the importance of embracing innovation, including new and emerging technologies, to combat shrinking margins and navigate new payment models and the ever-changing regulatory environment.
The challenges and opportunities in pursuing a patient-centric financial experience
A roundtable of healthcare revenue cycle leaders examines the pressing need to keep patients at the center of revenue cycle activities to increase yield and patient satisfaction while lowering administrative costs.
The most pressing ethical issues in healthcare
Healthcare leaders say these ethical concerns are top of mind today.
Dec. 2-6: HFMA Seminars are among upcoming healthcare finance events
HFMA Seminars are among the major healthcare finance events taking place the week of Dec. 2.
Analysis: What healthcare providers need to know about short-term limited-duration health insurance products going into 2020
Healthcare providers need to be aware they will likely encounter an increase in the number of patients who have purchased short-term health insurance, with its limited benefits, that will be available on the healthcare exchange in 2020.
Analysis: CMS proposed rule could provide price data to inform physician referrals
While the proposed health plan price transparency rule will likely be challenged, if it survives those challenges, it will be far more impactful on health spending than the negotiated charge-posting requirement.
Congress is still expected to pass a surprise-bill measure this year
Congress is likely to enact surprise-bill legislation in the waning days of 2019, according to policy advisers.
Getting to the root causes of denials
Root causes for denials should be defined operationally to determine the level of analysis required internally.