Tag: Revenue Cycle Management

New Diagnosis Codes For 2023 With A Focus On SDoH

New Diagnosis Codes For 2023 With A Focus On SDoH

On April 1, your revenue cycle will have additional diagnosis code options to further capture social determinants of health. The CDC just released upcoming changes to both the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code set and the official coding guidelines. The new changes include 42 diagnosis code additions, seven deletions, and one code revision. All changes will go […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Hospital Expenses Have Increased 23 Percent Since 2016

Hospital Expenses Have Increased 23 Percent Since 2016

Supply chain issues, medication costs, and labor challenges sparked by the COVID-19 pandemic have contributed to the spiking hospital expenses. Hospital expenses have increased 23 percent since 2016, a spike researchers attributed to continuous COVID-19 challenges, according to a recent analysis. By analyzing American Hospital Association data, investigators noticed hospital expenses increased 47 percent in 2020when […]
Automating Revenue Cycle Operations Reduces Cost-to-Collect

Automating Revenue Cycle Operations Reduces Cost-to-Collect

Health systems that used automation for revenue cycle operations had an average cost-to-collect of 3.51 percent compared to 3.74 percent for those that did not use automation. Using automation for revenue cycle operations could lower hospital and health systems’ cost-to-collect by 0.25 percent, according to a survey from the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA). The […]
60% of Consumers seek Healthcare Price Transparency

60% of Consumers seek Healthcare Price Transparency

A survey shows that 60% of consumers who look for pricing information seek answers from their insurance companies, but healthcare price transparency should still be a priority for providers. Not many consumers are asking how much healthcare services cost but among those who do, they are seeking answers primarily from their insurance companies, according to […]