Change Healthcare: Accelerating healthcare innovation by productizing APIs
Change Healthcare talks about transforming the approach to application programming interfaces (APIs) to deliver them as individualized products that solve healthcare-specific problems.
CareCredit: A proven payment solution
An industry-leading patient financial solutions company details how its credit card solution facilitates patient payment, helping the patient and healthcare organization.
Using artificial intelligence to improve revenue cycle operations
In God we trust; all others must bring data — W. Edwards Deming The ability to use the data aggregated throughout the revenue cycle is critical to proactive issue resolution, project prioritization, estimation of financial impact of revenue cycle initiatives and forecasting. However, data analysis at each stage of the revenue cycle is dependent on…
Addressing unclaimed property challenges
Healthcare providers increasingly are being audited for unclaimed property.
CMS cardiac procedure changes could cost hospital cardiac programs $700 million
In a move that could have profound financial implications for hospitals, the 2019 Outpatient Prospective Payment System final rule adds 17 cardiac procedures to the list of procedures approved by CMS to be performed in ambulatory surgery centers.
A caveat: A cardiac procedure performed in an ASC may cost a Medicare beneficiary more
For Medicare beneficiaries who are considering out-of-pocket costs for the cardiac services that CMS has approved to be performed in ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs), hospitals could be a more attractive site of service.
Northwell Health Tackles Patient ID Matching
Patient-identification-matching problems are increasing as the healthcare industry consolidates. However, solutions are available to reduce duplicate record backlogs as demonstrated by an intensive effort at one health system.
Operational Decision Points for Legacy A/R Conversions
Timely decision making and partnering with the right vendor can provide a smooth legacy A/R conversion and be the difference between success or failure.
ROI Value Model By ClearBalance
An industry-leading patient financial solutions company discusses how it helps healthcare organizations benchmark their patient payment collections and validate the work of outside vendors.
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.