News
Article
Physician Advisory
Prior Authorization
Dr. Ronald HirschJune 18, 2020
Prior Authorization for Medicare Two Weeks Away
We are two weeks away from the start of the Medicare prior authorization program, and as of June 17, the Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) were required to start accepting requests.
Blog Post
Consumerism
COVID-19
Patient Experience
Chris IngersollJune 15, 2020
How the COVID-19 Pandemic Has Emphasized the Consumer Experience
In Malcolm Gladwell’s 2000 book, The Tipping Point, he describes the advancement of “social epidemics” where a slow and steady adoption of a new cultural phenomenon or technology innovation suddenly hits an inflection point which is followed by massive adoption seemingly overnight. The innovation is ...
Blog Post
Collections
COVID-19
Finance
Wanda BrooksJune 9, 2020
Optimizing Financial Clearance and Advocacy to Thrive Amid COVID-19
As both providers and patients cope with the impact of COVID-19’s high cost, little relief is in sight.
Blog Post
COVID-19
Patient Experience
Registration
Tom LytleJune 8, 2020
Remote Registration Ensures Patient and Staff Safety During COVID-19
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, frontline patient registrars have provided critical assistance by scheduling and coordinating care for thousands of hospital patients. While these roles are in high demand, they also require employees to work in high-risk environments—given the frequent face-to-face patient ...
Consumerism
COVID-19
Podcast
Chris IngersollJune 4, 2020
HFMA: Chris Ingersoll Discusses How COVID-19 Has Impacted the Future of Healthcare
Since the COVID-19 pandemic hit the U.S., the healthcare industry has been speculating on the short and long-term effects. Chris Ingersoll, Vice President, Product Strategy at R1, recently recorded
Partnership
Patient Experience
Press Release
Revenue Cycle
R1 RCMJune 3, 2020
R1 Announces Agreement to Acquire Cerner RevWorks℠
CHICAGO – June 3, 2020 – R1 RCM Inc. (NASDAQ:RCM), a leading provider of technology-enabled revenue cycle management services to healthcare providers, today announced that it will acquire Cerner RevWorks services business and commercial, non-federal client relationships. ...
Patient Experience
Physician Services
Press Release
Revenue Cycle
R1 RCMJune 1, 2020
R1 Drives Continued Growth in Physician Revenue Cycle Management Market with Addition of Pinnacle Dermatology
CHICAGO – June 1, 2020 – R1 RCM Inc. (NASDAQ:RCM), a leading provider of technology-enabled revenue cycle management (RCM) services to healthcare providers, announced Pinnacle Dermatology, one of the most prominent multi-state leaders in population skin health management, has selected R1’s ...
Article
COVID-19
Hospital Management
Physician Advisory
Dr. Ronald HirschMay 28, 2020
RACMonitor: ASC Partnership as a Hospital Without Walls
Everyone is anxious for life to return to normal, but none more than those patients who had planned to have surgery in March or April, but had their surgery cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. These patients have conditions that warrant surgery, but were deemed not to be urgent or emergent, and therefore ...
Article
CMS
COVID-19
Physician Advisory
Dr. Ronald HirschMay 26, 2020
RACMonitor: Confusion Remains over Medicare Guidance on Treating Patient Homes as Hospital Departments
There is continued confusion over the use of patient homes as off-campus, provider-based clinics for Medicare billing purposes. This is the provision in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS’s) second recent Interim Final Rule (IFR) that allows hospitals to bill for services provided by employed ...
Blog Post
COVID-19
Patient Experience
Chris IngersollMay 21, 2020
How Work-From-Home is Changing Healthcare
At the end of last year, I was asked by HIT Consultant to predict healthcare trends to watch for in 2020. My biggest prediction was the impact of the new CMS rules around price ...
