Revenue Cycle Management

Prioritizing Accounts Helps Sanford Health Lift Patient Payments by $2.1M

Scoring and segmenting patients according to their propensity to pay, combined with using an automated dialer, can significantly improve the productivity of patient account teams. 

Laura Ramos Hegwer October 13, 2017

The Top 5 Drivers of Missing Charges

Staff engaged in revenue integrity and charge audits should carefully monitor five key categories that are most common reasons for missing charges.

HFMA October 3, 2017

ICD-10 Denials and Payment: Understanding the Relationship

Proactive, established processes to prevent denials and better manage appeals minimizes citation risks while promoting optimal, timely payment and compliance.

Laudine Markovchick, RHIT, CCS October 3, 2017

Baylor Scott & White Revamps Patient Payment Processes, Saves $1.5M in Agency Fees

A Dallas-based health system increased POS collection by incorporating more up-front discussions on patients’ out-of-pocket costs and offering more payment options.

Laura Ramos Hegwer October 3, 2017

Sidebar: Top 10 Most Over-Documented HCCs

Documentation of chronic conditions is increasingly important as hospitals move toward value-based payment models. 

HFMA October 2, 2017

Sidebar: Top 10 Most Under-Documented HCCs

Documentation of chronic conditions is increasingly important as hospitals move toward value-based payment models. 

HFMA October 2, 2017

the role of HCCs in a value-based payment system

Documentation of chronic conditions is increasingly important as hospitals move toward value-based payment models.

Donna Smith October 2, 2017

Optimize Patient Payments with a Unified Merchant Services Solution

By using a unified merchant services approach, healthcare organizations can give patients the ability to pay how they want, where they want, and when they want—opening opportunities to optimize revenue streams and cash flow in the process.

Arkady Fridman September 20, 2017

NYU Langone Emergency Physicians Connect Patients to Financial Counselors

Emergency physicians use an order in the electronic health record system to request financial counseling for patients who express concern about the cost of emergency care.

Lola Butcher September 14, 2017

Time for Hospitals to Pursue a ‘Nip and Tuck’ Chargemaster Pricing Strategy?

Hospitals should balance their concern about achieving the margins they require to accomplish their missions with the need to maintain defensible pricing in an environment of increasing healthcare price transparency.

Jeff Helton,  PHD, FHFMA, CMA, CFE September 5, 2017
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