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Automation
Physician Services
Revenue Cycle
Joe Polaris for Physicians PracticeMarch 18, 2020
Automation Can Standardize RCM Workflows and Provide Price Transparency
Given CY 2020’s Hospital Price Transparency Requirements, which take effect January 1, 2021, there has been a huge push in the healthcare industry to not only provide financial clarity to patients, but also deliver on rising overall consumer expectations in order to stay competitive. While price ...
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Consumerism
Patient Experience
Physician Services
Richard Lopez del Rincon for MGMAMarch 16, 2020
Creating Access and Engagement Across the Revenue Cycle
In the wake of the 2019 White House Executive Order mandating price transparency,1 many healthcare organizations have accelerated plans to enable greater cost transparency. Physician practices can substantially strengthen these plans by acknowledging that such transparency is ...
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CMS
Hospital Management
Medicare
Physician Advisory
Dr. Ronald HirschFebruary 20, 2020
New Technology: Price it Right, or Else
There is nothing wrong with adjusting prices to fit your cost-to-charge ratio. New technologies have always posed a financial challenge to hospitals. While they want to provide cutting-edge care to patients, unless a positive margin can be maintained, the costs of those technologies can quickly lead to ...
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CMS
Physician Advisory
Dr. Ronald HirschJanuary 30, 2020
Vertebral Augmentation: Navigating the Unknown to Ensure Payment
The debate over percutaneous vertebral augmentation is continuing in 2020, with the release of a new local coverage determination (LCD) from Noridian – a Medicare Administrative ...
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Partnership
Revenue Cycle
Alexandra Wilson Pecci for HealthLeadersJanuary 28, 2020
Why Rush is Partnering to Improve Revenue Cycle Rather than Outsourcing
Rush University System for Health CFO John P. Mordach says the co-management model aims to improve everything from coding and billing to employee satisfaction.
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Automation
Patient Experience
Physician Services
Dan Pope for Physicians PracticeJanuary 21, 2020
Streamline Your Revenue Cycle with Intelligent Automation
For years, healthcare organizations have been keeping revenue cycle operations in-house and investing in one-off software applications to address various challenges. Leaders are seeing little-to-no return on these investments and are left with disjointed technology that makes it harder for staff members to ...
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Patient Experience
Registration
Joel Berg for MedCity NewsJanuary 17, 2020
R1 RCM pays $190M for scheduling software firm
Patient scheduling is increasingly seen as a key part of revenue cycle management. It also can help create a more welcoming "digital front door" that improves access to care and the overall patient experience.
Article
CMS
Hospital Management
Dr. Ronald HirschJanuary 16, 2020
The Dilemma of the Discharge Planning Conditions of Participation
It was way back in 2015 when the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed changes to the discharge planning conditions of participation. Their goal was noble; they understood that because discharge planning is a complex process, a successful discharge plan is crucial to reducing the risk of ...
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Partnership
Revenue Cycle
Joseph Goedert for Health Data ManagementJanuary 16, 2020
Rush Medical, R1 Join to Build Innovation Lab for Rev Cycle
Rush University Medical Center is looking to build an innovation lab for revenue cycle management, hoping to use quality analytics to improve existing processes.
Article
Partnership
Kelly Gooch for Becker's Hospital CFO ReportJanuary 16, 2020
Rush University System for Health has proactive investments, partnerships in the works, CFO says
John Mordach has more than 30 years of healthcare financial management experience to call on as senior vice president and CFO of Chicago-based Rush University System for Health.
