2019 Coding Highlights Focus on New Technologies
What are highlights of the ICD-10 FY19 changes?
Increasing Patient Financial Engagement with a Revenue Cycle Management Overhaul
Atrium Health saw a 52 percent increase in new patient-payment-plan accounts and flexible patient payment plan opt-ins after it reevaluated its entire financial strategy and restructured its financial flow, all in the middle of its RCM system installation.
Meadows Health Digital Initiative Improves Patient Communication and Reduces Errors
Meadows Health patient engagement technology has had a positive impact on the registration process, patient satisfaction, and revenue.
Community Benefit & Transparency Tools
HFMA has compiled these resources for hospitals and health systems to use for compliance when listing standard charges to the public and procedures around charity care.
Case Study: Hand & Wrist Center of Houston
The Hand & Wrist Center of Houston is a surgical practice that is using effectively using a combination of technology and service to significantly improve its revenue cycle.
Practical Tips for Maintaining Control over the Revenue Cycle
Using technology to prevent denied claims and providing patients with price transparency are just two ways healthcare organizations can improve their revenue cycle performance.
The Plain Community: Meeting a Unique Consumer Healthcare Challenge
Jeff Goldsmith, John Porter, and Maria Royce describe one health system’s effective solution for addressing the healthcare needs of a religious community whose belief systems prevent them from accessing care via common, mainstream approaches.
Efforts to Address Surprise Medical Billing Could Yield a Bipartisan Solution
The current political climate could pose a barrier to a solution for Congress solving surprise medical bills from providers outside of patients’ networks through legislation.
Beyond the Mandate: Better Strategies for Price Transparency
Some healthcare organizations have taken the spirit of new price transparency regulations a step further by striving to inform patients in advance about their true out-of-pocket costs for care.
National Hospital Survey Shares Insight into CMS’s Price Transparency Requirement
Hospitals expressed uncertainty about the usefulness of information supplied in response to CMS’s IPPS transparency requirements, but also recognize that the rule amplifies healthcare industry efforts to provide meaningful price estimates for healthcare services.