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Cash Flow Improves Despite $48.4 Billion in Revenue Leakage in 2025
While hospital cash flow improved in 2025, health systems lost a staggering $48.4 billion in revenue leakage due to highly...
Payer
New Federal Medicaid Rules Require One Month of Work. Some States Demand More.
Millions of people who apply for Medicaid in the coming years will have to prove they?ve been working, going to...
CFO
In Connecticut, Doctors Now Sue Patients Most Over Medical Bills, Surpassing Hospitals
Many hospital systems in Connecticut have stopped suing their patients over unpaid bills, stung by criticism about the harm caused...
Revenue Cycle
Infographic: Payer & Provider Readiness for CMS-0057-F
While health plans make headway on upcoming interoperability mandates associated with the Advancing Interoperability and Improving Prior Authorization Final Rule,...
Payer
States Face Another Challenge With Medicaid Work Rules: Staffing Shortages
Katie Crouch says calling her state?s Medicaid agency to get information about her benefits can feel like a series of...
Revenue Cycle
Jefferson Health Sues Aetna Over Controversial Inpatient Downcoding Policy
The Pennsylvania-based health system claims the payer's policy violates Medicare's two-midnight rule and forces hospitals into a burdensome appeals process.
Payer
CMS' Medicare Advantage Final Rule Raises Stakes for Payers, Providers
A stronger-than-expected rate increase benefits health plan funding, but updates to the star ratings system aims to create more incentive...
Payer
Immigrant Seniors Lose Medicare Coverage Despite Paying for It
OAKLAND, Calif. ? Rosa María Carranza leaned forward to hold a 3-year-old?s back as the girl climbed a rock in...
CEO
Why Memorial Hermann Is Digging In During Its Blue Cross Contract Fight
By going out of network with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, the Houston-based health system is testing how much...
Revenue Cycle
Infographic: 3 Takeaways from the 2025 CAQH Index Report
With a $21 billion savings opportunity on the table, revenue cycle leaders must prioritize workflow standardization and vendor partnership ahead...
Revenue Cycle
Inside Mercy's Revenue Cycle Strategy to Reduce Denials and Push Back on Payer AI
Mercy is reengineering its revenue cycle strategy to reduce preventable denials, counter increasingly aggressive payer algorithms, and elevate the role...
Revenue Cycle
Are Revenue Cycle Leaders Ready for More Regulations?
As the deadline for the CMS Interoperability and Prior Authorization Final Rule approaches, new data shows that providers are losing...