Category: Revenue Cycle Management

EHR-RCM Integration Can Improve Revenue Cycle Efficiency

EHR-RCM Integration Can Improve Revenue Cycle Efficiency

Partnering with a vendor that provides EHR and RCM capabilities helped one healthcare organization boost communication and improve revenue cycle efficiency for 150 care centers. Leveraging automation for revenue cycle management (RCM) processes can streamline tasks and improve efficiencies. Specifically, partnering with an EHR vendor helped a healthcare organization to achieve $1 billion in patient […]
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Value-Based Payment Models Can Limit Healthcare Spending

Value-Based Payment Models Can Limit Healthcare Spending

Value-based payment models, including accountable care organizations, bundled payment models, and capitation models, can generate savings for providers and limit healthcare spending. As healthcare spending escalates in the US, stakeholders have started looking at value-based payment models to address rising costs, but many payments are still tied to fee-for-service models, according to a Health Affairs […]
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How AI in Optimizing Revenue Cycle Management Automation?

How AI in Optimizing Revenue Cycle Management Automation?

Healthcare Leaders believe that Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Automation have the capability to transform the revenue cycle management process the way we think. Only a robust and durable revenue cycle automation solution is needed to handle all complexities involved in patient eligibility verification to the denial management process. Healthcare provider needs several key steps to […]
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Outsourcing RCM Services can Lead to Better Outcomes

Outsourcing RCM Services can Lead to Better Outcomes

In the complex and ever-evolving landscape of healthcare, managing the financial health of your organization is as critical as providing excellent patient care. Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) is the backbone of this financial health, encompassing everything from patient registration and appointment scheduling to claims submission and final payment. However, with increasing regulatory burdens, staffing challenges, […]
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An EHR Vendor to Pay $45M to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations

An EHR Vendor to Pay $45M to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations

The U.S. Department of Justice alleges that the EHR vendor accepted and provided “unlawful remuneration in exchange for referrals and by causing its users to report inaccurate information in connection with claims for federal incentive payments.” A developer of electronic health record technology has agreed to pay $45 million to resolve allegations that it violated […]
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Rising Costs - Revenues - Patient Encounters – Physician Practices

Rising Costs, Revenues, Patient Encounters – Physician Practices

How bad is inflation? Physicians, financial managers report the latest. The Medical Group Management Association has published its 2022 MGMA Cost and Revenue Survey Report. The title is “Maintaining Margin in the Inflation Era,” and survey respondents said it’s been difficult to do so in 2022. The COVID-19 pandemic and its lingering effects on health […]
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Congress To Pass Legislation To Limit Medicare Payment Cuts

Congress To Pass Legislation To Limit Medicare Payment Cuts

Waiving the PAYGO sequester requirements and updating the 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule would help limit Medicare payment cuts to hospitals, FAH wrote. As the 117th Congress nears the end of its session, the Federation of American Hospitals (FAH) has called upon congressional leaders to pass legislation that will reduce financial challenges for hospitals, including […]
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