How health plans can achieve next-level cost efficiencies using artificial intelligence and analytics
Health plans can transform their cost structures by implementing predictive analytics and artificial-intelligence processes.
How healthcare organizations can advance beyond common analytics traps
One health system has developed a robust analytics platform while avoiding obstacles that commonly trip up organizations seeking to make optimal use of data.
How data provides vital insight into the social determinants of health
Analytics programs that identify patients with social determinants of health can have clinical as well as financial benefits for healthcare providers.
Digital Initiative at Meadows Health Improves Patient Communication and Reduces Errors
Use of patient engagement technology, such as check-in kiosks can streamline the registration process, improve patient satisfaction, and increase revenue.
4 strategies for improved Medicare Advantage plan performance
Positive operating margins in the Medicare Advantage segment require a shift toward more effectively managing Medicare populations by recognizing their unique needs and characteristics.
Five Tactics to Boost Clinical-Financial Alignment Toward EHR Data Efficiency
Dan O’Connor offers five tactics to help optimize technology investments to meet the evolving expectations of both end-users and patients.
Hospitals Warn Senate About Proposed Data-Blocking Rules
Proposed rules implementing a recent law aimed, in part, at stopping data blocking could carry a range of unintended consequences for hospitals, the Senate heard this week.
Avoiding Costly Gaps Amid System Conversion
Experienced hospital executives know that amid the various pressures system conversions entail, attention should be paid to A/R strategies. In worst-case scenarios, careless legacy strategies can lead to costly A/R backlogs and related claims denials, all leading to disruptions in performance and worse—a hit on cash reserves.
Increasing Patient Financial Engagement with a Revenue Cycle Management Overhaul
Atrium Health saw a 52 percent increase in new patient-payment-plan accounts and flexible patient payment plan opt-ins after it reevaluated its entire financial strategy and restructured its financial flow, all in the middle of its RCM system installation.
Meadows Health Digital Initiative Improves Patient Communication and Reduces Errors
Meadows Health patient engagement technology has had a positive impact on the registration process, patient satisfaction, and revenue.