Revenue Cycle

COVID-19 Continues to Undermine Hospitals' Performance Improvement, New Kaufman Hall Report Reveals
'The pandemic has created a perfect storm of increasing expenses and decreasing revenues,' managing director says.
2022 Medicare Advantage Plan Overview, Part Two: Portfolio Strategy and Leading Carriers
Portfolios are designed to "make care more affordable, accessible and convenient," in the words of one executive.

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'An Arm and a Leg': Hello? We Spend 12M Hours a Week on the Phone With Insurers
In many cases, the companies are not actually getting paid to provide insurance.
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32% of People Will Pay their Medical Bill Within 5 Minutes of Getting a Text About It
When consumers receive "payment due" notifications through their preferred digital channels about half will pay through that channel in less...
How to Crush Medical Debt: 5 Tips for Using Hospital Charity Care
Many people who qualify for financial assistance never apply.
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Leaders Say Efficiency, Not Finances, is Top Rev Cycle RPA/AI Benefit
More than 80% of leading health systems that are using RPA/AI say their primary reason for investing in the technology...
Surprise-Billing Rule 'Puts a Thumb on the Scale' to Keep Arbitrated Costs in Check
What's not clear is whether the new law will have the unintended consequences of shifting costs and leading to higher...
Challenges to recognizing revenue for telehealth visits
Revenue recognition is difficult at the best of times ? if the number of resources on the topic across the...
ZIP codes with the worst health insurance coverage in the nation
Using data from the U.S. Census Bureau, 24/7 Tempo identified the 50 ZIP with the worst health insurance coverage. ZIP...
Advocates, lawmakers push hospitals to help more with bills
Medical bills often represent large, unexpected shocks that can crash personal budgets. Roughly 1 in 7 U.S. residents with a...
Latinos face healthcare insurance disparities
Financial concerns are keeping some Latinos from seeking healthcare. Many are concerned about their immigration status or fear a language...
Unvaccinated people may have to pay more for health insurance
CLEVELAND (WJW) ? More employers and insurance companies are considering raising health insurance premiums for employees who choose to forego...
Some N.J. hospitals will no longer accept medical coverage from UnitedHealthcare
Prime Healthcare is ending its contracts with UnitedHealthcare, saying it has been "significantly underpaid" for years compared to neighboring hospitals.
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