Increase Cash Flow by Giving Your Business Staff Meaningful Work
The pillars of strong revenue cycle operations are creating meaningful work, developing knowledge, removing obstacles, and advancing analytical capabilities. Revenue cycle leaders can achieve these goals by integrating payer and claims data and applying algorithms to optimize staff efforts.
Virtual Work Drives Productivity at Cleveland Clinic
Since initiating its remote worker program, Cleveland Clinic’s revenue cycle department has experienced a 13 percent increase in productivity.
5 Ways to Build a Successful Work-From-Home Program
For hospitals, a well-executed work-from-home program can help improve staff morale and quality of life, as well as attract and retain high performers in competitive markets, especially those who have a long commute or may be moving out of the area.
Demand for Healthcare Workers Continues to Grow, but Skills Gaps Remain
Jeffrey Helton, a lecturer at the Milken Institute of Public Health and The George Washington University, says sought-after skills include data analysis and the ability to connect those data to real solutions.
5 Career-Boosting Steps for Women Health IT Professionals
In today's healthcare IT sector, there are more opportunities than ever for passionate, dedicated leaders. Sheri Stoltenberg, founder and CEO of Stoltenberg Consulting, writes about how women can gain a foothold in this landscape.
Making Sense of the Skills Gap
HFMA Career Coach Joe Abel examines the skills gap from both the employee and employer perspective to get to the root of the issue.
Ochsner’s Revenue Cycle Fellowship: An Investment in the Future
Ochsner Health System in Louisiana is working to prepare future healthcare leaders with a revenue cycle fellowship.
Benefits of Establishing Meaningful Work Standards for Revenue Cycle Staff
Good work standards that lay out quality and quantity expectations have not become obsolete with increased automation; rather, they are as useful and necessary as ever for healthcare organizations and their revenue cycle staffs.
Ask the Experts: Budget Staffing
Do you have a single position responsible for the capital and operating budget function across your health system, or is the function spread out with positions responsible for a specific function such as operating budget separate from capital and fixed assets?
Present Opportunities for Professional Growth
A clinical documentation improvement (CDI) advancement ladder is a useful mechanism for attracting and retaining top talent among clinical documentation specialists in an increasingly competitive market.