Revenue Cycle Departments Increase Productivity
A two-year rise in revenue cycle department productivity is attributed to outsourcing and staff ability to handle more claims in less time.
Are You Ready for MACRA and MIPS: The New Healthcare Payment Reform
Value-based payment models, such as MACRA and MIPS, will require that coders capture the severity of illness as well as acute and chronic patient conditions.
The Impact of Duplicate Patient Records on Revenue
Duplicate patient records have a negative impact on value-based payment strategies as well as staff productivity and patient satisfaction.
Metro Health Improves Cash Flow by Offering New Payment Options
Metro Health’s payment options include community benefit discounts, charity care sliding scales, and a zero-percent interest payment plan, which has improved cash flow and flattened bad debt.
Video: Denials and the Revenue Cycle
David Dyke, former vice president of product management for Change Healthcare, discusses how to reduce denials that disrupt the revenue cycle and how to keep up with changing rules around claims.
The Business Case for Fighting Physician Burnout
Mitigating physician burnout may help to reduce turnover and the many costs that come with it, and industry leaders are taking steps to quantify the ROI.
The Study of Factors Influencing the Total Cost of Health Care
A study conducted by HFMA, Leavitt Partners, and McManis Consulting investigated factors driving the total cost of health care in the United States.
Reimagining Cross-Continuum Relationships
This article examines how DHG Healthcare partnered with a health system to improve care coordination for hip replacements due to fracture.
Palliative Care in the ED Improves Value
Although implementing palliative care processes in the ED is challenging initially, such care can reduce avoidable costs and unnecessary suffering.
How Medicare Advantage, Medicaid Managed Care Plans Can Improve Quality Reporting
Integration of risk, quality, and care programs is among the steps that can help health plans in the government-sponsored healthcare space lower the burden of accurately documenting and reporting quality metrics.