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Brian ZimmermanJune 3, 2021
LifePoint SVP Jason Ross Discusses Value of Rev Cycle Partnerships
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 ...
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Ogi KwonApril 22, 2021
Chief Healthcare Executive: CMS' Price Transparency Rule
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 & ...
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Cost Containment
COVID-19
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Peter A. HallApril 21, 2021
A Strategy to Eliminate Fixed Costs From the Hospital Revenue Cycle
Just days into 2021, industry leaders such as KaufmanHall began projecting that hospitals and health systems were in for another tumultuous financial ...
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Philip MilsomMarch 10, 2021
Getting the Greatest ROI from Revenue Cycle Automation
A year after operating margins dipped into negative numbers and YOY revenues decreased as much as
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Ken TownsendAugust 5, 2020
HFMA: 8 Security Tips for Remote Revenue Cycle Staff
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 ...
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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 ...
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Partnership
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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 ...
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Becker's Hospital ReviewApril 29, 2019
Becker's Hospital Review: Why Prevention is the Best Medicine for Clinical Denials
Clinical denials are a fact of life for hospitals. Providers must contend with a number of government audits conducted by several different organizations. On the private payer side, hospitals must comply with complex approval processes related to prior authorizations, admission status and medical ...
