2 tech tips for efficiently contacting patients
A predictive dialer allows staff to spend their time talking to patients who are available for a conversation rather than trying to reach patients who are not.
3 key enablers to implementing a successful clinical revenue cycle operating model
Hospitals and health systems should develop an operating model to address a new revenue cycle concept, called the clinical revenue cycle.
Revenue integrity: an evolving function for hospitals and health systems
Hospitals and health systems require a revenue integrity function to best manage revenue cycle processes in today’s healthcare environment.
High-impact clinical revenue cycle key performance indicators
There are 11 key performance indicators health systems should track to assess the performance of a clinical revenue cycle
5 essential steps for driving revenue integrity through the CRC
Hospitals and health systems seeking to establish a clinical revenue cycle should follow 5 steps.
Practical tips for maintaining control over the revenue cycle
As evolving market trends shape healthcare payment, providers continue to face real-world, day-to-day challenges that contribute to unpaid claims, unnecessary denials, workflow inefficiencies, and rework. By implementing the recommendations outlined here, providers can obtain the necessary visibility and control over their claims payment processes that can help them not only sustain a healthy revenue cycle,…
Part D savings plan dialed back
Part D plans will have fewer new tools to control drug spending than Medicare initially proposed.
Safety net hospitals issue warning about looming DSH cuts
Faced with $4 billion in cuts to Medicaid uncompensated-care payments that start in October, some hospitals warn they may have to close.
Short-term plans have little adverse effect on insurance market: study
Although a federal boost to short-term insurance plans raised alarm among hospital advocates, early evidence suggests there has been little adverse impact on the individual insurance market.
Boosting Accountability Helps ProMedica Save $108 Million in 2018
Each year, leaders at ProMedica set a 3 percent cost-reduction goal, which they believe is achievable and still has a significant impact on the bottom line.