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Article
RCM Trends
Revenue Cycle
Chris IngersollDecember 9, 2019
Inside Digital Health: Price Transparency is Top Revenue Cycle Trend for 2020
At long last, healthcare is starting to act on the realization that we must embrace a consumer approach to the healthcare financial experience. While the concept of revenue cycle consumerism has been discussed for years now, 2020 is the year when we might finally see the adoption of real solutions. That’s because ...
Article
Automation
Patient Experience
Chris IngersollDecember 4, 2019
Becker's Hospital Review: Three Keys to Creating the Optimal Payment Transformation Strategy
Well before the June 2019 White House Executive Order regarding price transparency, healthcare leaders ranked offering a positive patient financial experience as one of their top two strategic priorities for 2019 1 . Today’s patients not only want cost transparency, but also an array of options for ...
Article
Patient Experience
Registration
Hospital Access ManagementNovember 21, 2019
For Patients, Self-Registration Options Mean More Control and Speedier Care
If a department had all the available “bells and whistles” vendors are offering for self-service options, patients could completely bypass registration altogether.
Article
Partnership
RCM Trends
Revenue Cycle
R1 RCMNovember 8, 2019
Rethinking Revenue Cycle Management
As revenues decline and consumerism rises, managing the revenue cycle effectively has become increasingly challenging for today’s healthcare leaders. Here, Joe Polaris, senior vice president of product and technology, and Wesley Arnett, executive vice president of deployment for R1 RCM, discuss options healthcare ...
Article
CMS
Medicare
Dr. Ronald HirschNovember 6, 2019
RACMonitor: Service Delivery Fundamentally Changing as ASC Use Accelerates
As advances in surgery continue, more and more procedures are destined for the outpatient arena.
Article
Automation
Patient Satisfaction
Revenue Cycle
Joe PolarisOctober 30, 2019
HIT Consultant: How Intelligent Automation Can Address Three Revenue Cycle Challenges
Artificial intelligence (AI) has received a lot of buzz and been positioned as the central healthcare technology needed to solve many financial challenges and digitally transform internal operations. However, if you’re looking for practical solutions that can address variable activities and complete ...
Article
Automation
Revenue Cycle
RPA
Joe PolarisSeptember 11, 2019
Inside Digital Health: Transform the Revenue Cycle with Robotic, Cognitive Automation
Recent surveys, such as the Royal Philips U.S. Future Health Index 2019 report, highlight significant opportunities for digital transformation to improve healthcare cost and ...
Article
Automation
Physician Services
RPA
R1 RCMAugust 5, 2019
Health IT Outcomes: 2019 HFMA Annual Conference Key Takeaways
On June 23-26, the premier financial event for U.S. healthcare executives, the HFMA Annual Conference took place and the topic on everyone’s mind was automation and its impact on the revenue cycle.
Article
Payer Mix
Physician Services
Revenue Cycle
Brian BellamyJuly 22, 2019
Physicians Practice: Six Ways to Improve Your Revenue Cycle Management
Understanding a practice’s payer mix is crucial when evaluating where your practice stands today — especially given the fact that reimbursement methodologies can significantly differ by payer. It is not uncommon for managed care organizations to blend several fee sources, effectively creating fee schedules that ...
Article
CMS
Hospital Management
Physician Advisory
R1 RCMJuly 19, 2019
Becker's Hospital Review: Why the Outmigration of Cardiology Means Challenges for ASCs, Hospital Volume Loss
CMS' 2019 Outpatient Prospective Payment System rule cleared the way for some cardiac procedures to be performed in ASCs, creating financial uncertainty for hospitals, according to Ronald Hirsch, MD, vice president of regulations and education group for R1 RCM.
