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Payer
Families Scramble to Pay Five-Figure Bills as Clock Ticks on Promised Preauthorization Reforms
Each year millions of patients continue to face denials through the prior authorization process.
Revenue Cycle
HL Shorts: Clinical Collaboration in the Authorization Space
To proactively address claim denials, Wellstar Health System organizes monthly, cross-functional meetings that bring clinical and revenue cycle teams together...
Revenue Cycle
Infographic: 3 Insights from the 2026 Rev Cycle Exchange
From simplifying EHR systems to embedding clinical expertise, revenue cycle leaders are rewriting the playbook to combat aggressive payers and...
CFO
Sick of Fighting Insurers, Hospitals Offer Their Own Medicare Advantage Plans
While the number of Advantage plans owned by hospital systems is relatively stable, Mass General Brigham in Boston and others...
Payer
Ticked Off Over Preauthorization: Walk-In Patient Avoided Lyme Disease but Not a Surprise Bill
A tiny tick bite exposes how prior authorization can apply to inexpensive and medically necessary treatments.
Revenue Cycle
HL Shorts: How AI Impacts Medical Necessity Appeals
Bill Arneson of Moffitt Cancer Center explains how an AI tool for medical necessity appeals cut the cost to work...
Payer
AI Will Soon Have a Say in Approving or Denying Medicare Treatments
The pilot program, designed to weed out wasteful, 'low-value' services, expansion the federal use of prior authorization.
Payer
When Hospitals and Insurers Fight, Patients Get Caught in the Middle
Nearly one-in-five hospitals faced at least one case of public brinksmanship with payers over the past five years.
CFO
3 Ways Nonprofits Were Able to Increase Cash Flow
For CFOs, the report is both a spotlight on improved performance and cautious reminder of where challenges still lie.
CFO
Direct Primary Care: A Predictable Path Forward for CFOs? (Part 2)
As financial pressures grow, CFOs are eyeing Direct Primary Care as a more stable, patient-focused alternative?though not without risks and...
Revenue Cycle
Survey Says Commercial Denials Are Top Threat to Revenue Cycles
The volume of commercial payer claim denials continues to rise and the appeals process has slowed, according to a new...
Payer
5 Takeaways from Health Insurers' New Pledge to Improve Prior Authorization
Trump administration officials applauded the insurance industry for its willingness to change, but also acknowledged limitations of the agreement.