Exclusive Report: Data and Trends to Help Health Systems Combat Top Revenue Cycle Challenges and Stop Revenue Leakage

Kyle HicokMay 25, 2023

Rising costs. Labor shortages. Shrinking margins. These are market challenges we hear from Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Revenue Cycle partners over and over again. They need a way to combat these obstacles that are wreaking havoc on their revenue cycle, causing them to lose millions of ...

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The Power Behind the HFMA Peer-Reviewed Status

Abby BirchMarch 3, 2023

Dear Health Leaders,

 

In the world of revenue cycle ...

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The Benefits of RCM Global Delivery:  Five Myths Busted

R1 RCMDecember 13, 2022

While the healthcare industry continues to climb its way out of a pandemic, it’s also facing unprecedented challenges, including severe labor shortages and shrinking margins. What if there was a  global delivery model that could help the industry during this challenging time? 

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Value-Based Reimbursement: The Future of Healthcare

Brian BellamyJune 28, 2022

Over the past several years, healthcare has begun the move toward the adoption of value-based reimbursement (VBR). The transition is picking up speed as the industry begins to emerge from the COVID pandemic.

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Adventist, Ascension and LifePoint Share RCM Pressures and Solutions

R1 RCMJune 13, 2022

Every night countless healthcare financial leaders around the country lay awake contemplating three of their biggest concerns: the difficult labor market, optimizing the use of and considering new technology and improving the patient experience.

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The Value of Rev Cycle Partnerships:  A Discussion with LifePoint SVP Jason Ross

Brian ZimmermanJune 3, 2021

Amid what may be healthcare’s toughest era, financial leadership currently faces the daunting task of increasing revenue while simultaneously containing costs. At the recent Becker's Hospital Review 11th Annual Meeting, Jason Ross, senior vice president of revenue and network management for LifePoint Health – a nationwide health system with 87 ...

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Chief Healthcare Executive: CMS' Price Transparency Rule

Ogi KwonApril 22, 2021

The new federal price transparency law took effect January 1, 2021, yet many hospitals – still focused on financial recovery in COVID-19’s wake – were not prepared to become fully compliant by this date.  In this Chief Healthcare Executive video interview, Ogi Kwon – Manager, Advisory & Assurance in R1’s regulatory division – ...

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A Strategy to Eliminate Fixed Costs From the Hospital Revenue Cycle

Peter A. HallApril 21, 2021

Just days into 2021, industry leaders such as KaufmanHall began projecting that hospitals and health systems were in for another tumultuous financial year: in addition to recovering from ...

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Getting the Greatest ROI from Revenue Cycle Automation

Philip MilsomMarch 10, 2021

A year after operating margins dipped into negative numbers and YOY revenues decreased as much as

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HFMA: 8 Security Tips for Remote Revenue Cycle Staff

Ken TownsendAugust 5, 2020

Poorly secured home networks. Highly accessible workstations. Use of personal laptops that don’t adhere to security standards. Each of these (and more) is a vulnerability for revenue cycle staff working at home during COVID-19. Unfortunately, with vulnerability comes opportunity for hackers to target this newly remote workforce and access ...

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