Key Strategies for Performance Improvement
Developing engagement across a hospital or health system encourages collaboration and problem solving on costly claim denials.
4 Clinical Reasons for Denials
Denial prevention efforts should focus upstream in the revenue cycle, starting with patient status and continuing through documentation practices, coding, CDI, utilization review, and charge capture.
4 Smart Strategies for EHR-Enabled Innovation
Nicki Anderson explains the necessity for, and benefits of, providing clinical decision support resources within the EHR.
Improving Your Odds for Successful M&A
Although access to technology provides a strong draw in merger and acquisition activity, concerns remain regarding culture fit and high valuation multiples. As always, let the buyer beware.
hfm Magazine: November 2018
The November 2018 edition of hfm explores people and culture in healthcare finance, focusing on performance improvement, academic-community relationships, and care delivery.
Value-Focused Healthcare Strategy Must Be Multifaceted
Moving to a value-based payment model involves change and requires a strategy focused on both managing costs and enabling growth of the enterprise.
Current Forces Shaping the Technological Landscape
Factors that are driving the increasing use of digital technology in health care include consumer expectations for cost transparency and a new outcomes-based payment and delivery models.
4 Tactics of Effective Strategic Technology Planning for the Digital Future
With the going transformation of the nation’s healthcare system, digital technology will play an increasing role in how health care is managed and delivered, making it critical for healthcare organizations to have a clear strategy for acquiring and implementing it.
Operationalizing Predictive Analytics to Guide Healthcare Business Decisions
Providers and health plans are turning to predictive analytics as a tool for identifying actionable insights that can be used to control costs and improve outcomes.
The Internet of Things Presents Security Concerns
The sheer number of networked healthcare devices means larger cybersecurity attacks are easier to execute. For healthcare providers, these breaches are not only disruptive, embarrassing, and expensive, but they can lead to serious medical complications for patients.