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The 4 Cs of social determinants of health
Community resources and patient screening are important elements in an SDOH program.
Discharge Planning Final Rule Executive Summary
This document contains a high-level overview of CMS’s discharge planning final rule.
Revenue Cycle Strategist October 2019
The October issue of Revenue Cycle Strategist features articles on medical debt, robotic process automation, consumerism, patient experience and denials management.
Consumer-oriented services necessary for healthcare providers to maintain patient loyalty
Convenience factors, including easy-to-use payment options, have a significant impact on patients’ loyalty to healthcare providers.
Information imperatives for successful payer-provider collaboration
A roundtable of payer and provider leaders examines the importance of transparent communication, relationship-building and robust data sharing amid the transition to value-based care.
3 abilities every coder should possess
Coders need to understand billing expectations, how the billing process works and how the revenue cycle is affected.
What exactly is robotic process automation?
Today’s robots can be governed by business logic, structured inputs and artificial intelligence to manage complex processes and apply decision-making abilities.
Strategic Financial Planning Fall 2019 Issue
The Strategic Financial Planning newsletter Fall 2019 issue features articles on price transparency, bond underwriters, direct contracting, M&As and business ethics.
Announced hospital M&A transactions, 2009 – Q1 2019
Hospital merger and acquisition announcements were at a 10-year low in early 2019.
Regulatory Burden Reduction, Dialysis Fire Safety and Hospital CAH CoP Final Rules Summaries
This document summarizes three final rules published by CMS addressing certain Medicare regulations identified as unnecessary, obsolete or excessively burdensome; updating fire safety requirements to certain renal dialysis facilities; and revising hospital and critical access hospital (CAH) conditions of participation (CoPs).