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Why labor benchmarking is so critical to healthcare productivity
With ambulatory volumes expected to increase 10% by 2027, labor productivity benchmarking tools can help inform smarter staffing decisions. Learn how to improve staffing and understand the benefits to benchmarking in this article.
Most healthcare organizations are adopting AI in the revenue cycle: HFMA poll
A recent survey found that 63% of healthcare organizations use artificial intelligence (AI) and automation in the revenue cycle with expectations to see that percentage rise to offset staffing shortages, increase cashflow and generate more revenue.
How some healthcare providers are handling the growing nurse shortage
In this roundtable discussion, several healthcare finance professionals shared the challenges their organizations face with nurse staffing and discussed business models such as virtual nursing that can help improve patient outcomes, staff satisfaction and key financial measures.
How to strengthen eligibility determination with a proactive approach
How can healthcare revenue cycle teams strengthen engagement around eligibility determination and improve patient satisfaction, operational efficiency and their bottom line? Discover solutions to these challenges in this white paper.
Fortifying revenue management: The critical role of health information management in cybersecurity preparedness
A hospital’s health information management (HIM) team oversees the flow of patient care documentation in healthcare organizations, supporting accuracy, accessibility and security. In the revenue cycle, HIM maintains financial integrity by managing patient data, ensuring proper coding and documentation for billing and verifying clinical data for compliance and reimbursement. HIM also plays an active role…
5 keys to enhancing automation, expanding capacity and improving efficiency to reduce costs
Healthcare organizations face unrelenting financial pressures, with rising costs and shrinking margins. Dealing with reimbursement challenges, they face an uphill battle to maintain a profitable revenue cycle. This leaves no room for inefficiency. There is a way out, but healthcare leaders must look beyond traditional methods to automation to expand capacity and improve operational efficiency.
Healthcare finance executives look to automation and technology to optimize revenue cycle
Read this executive roundtable to takeaway how several healthcare finance professionals currently use both automation and technology as a holistic solution within revenue cycle, benefitting their staff and recruiting new hires, while also reducing workloads.
How healthcare organizations can build resiliency and drive growth in a challenging financial environment
Dive into this roundtable featuring five healthcare revenue cycle management executives who share their strategies for building and maintaining financial resiliency including investing in smarter technologies to elevate patient experience, capturing charges and streamlining operations.
Revenue cycle staffing challenges persist: Hospitals turn to automation, outsourcing
Read this discussion from several industry leaders on how to implement solutions for today’s top revenue cycle challenges to help prevent delays in care and payment, thereby improving outcomes for both patients and providers.
AI adoption is increasing in healthcare as providers seek efficiency and cost reduction
Read this roundtable to gain insight from several industry leaders who discussed how the right AI technology can free clinicians to focus on high-value work and enable healthcare organizations to accelerate productivity, data accuracy and financial return.