Category: Revenue Cycle Management

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CMS Unveils Medicaid Payment Model for Improved Behavioral Health

CMS’s Medicaid Payment Model show can be seen as a healthcare bridge, giving fundamental behavioral wellbeing administrations to both Medicaid and Medicare beneficiaries over a period of eight years. As portion of a unused Medicaid Payment Model demonstrate reported by CMS, physical, behavioral, and community suppliers will be required to arrange care in arrange to […]
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CMS Unveils Final Rule to Streamline Prior Authorization Processes

Affected payers have to be sent earlier authorization choices inside 72 hours for pressing demands and seven days for standard requests. Under a last run the show discharged nowadays, affected payers will be required to send earlier authorization choices inside 72 hours for critical demands and seven calendar days for standard requests. The Centers for […]
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Enhancing Medicare Advantage Benefits for Patients and Providers

The AMGA says that expanding Medicare Advantage benefits would benefit patients, physicians, and others in the health care industry. For Medicare Part C, also known as Medicare Part C, and Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program (Medicare Part D), some policy and technical changes have been approved for 2025 by the association. A public comment period […]
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Leaders of the Revenue Cycle: how will AI be used in 2024?

As revenue cycle technology has evolved, artificial intelligence has evolved from a buzzword into an established presence. Leaders in the revenue cycle and finance are looking to AI to automate tasks and streamline processes, allowing them to make better use of their staffs as the sector-wide shortage of staff persists. The healthcare media previously spoke […]
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CMS Enhanced Patient Appeal Procedures

Doctors must consider the implications of altering a patient’s status. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is suggesting novel retrospective and prospective appeal procedures in compliance with a federal district court order from the District of Connecticut. On December 21, the agency unveiled a proposed rule aiming to institute an appeal mechanism for […]
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3 Strategies for Revenue Cycle Management Optimization

Optimizing revenue cycle management is crucial for recovering from the significant losses of the previous year. Leading provider organizations have developed three effective strategies to address this challenge. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, fine-tuning revenue cycle management has become a priority for financial leaders. Last year, healthcare institutions faced substantial declines in revenue […]
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Top 3 Critical Challenges for Revenue Cycle Leaders in 2024

 As we approach the end of 2023 and the holiday season draws near, revenue cycle leaders ought to contemplate including these three challenges in their organization’s roster of New Year’s resolutions. Automating Payer Processes: Similar to healthcare organizations, payers have also started embracing automated solutions, intensifying challenges in managing denials and causing delays in payment […]
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Impacts of Claim Denials on Revenue Cycle

How Claim Denials and Payer Audits Impacts Healthcare Revenue Cycle

Denial rates, notably within Medicare Advantage, are on the rise, impacting both hospital revenue cycles and patient care, remarked the executive director of a Minnesota-based large multispecialty health care organization focused on Revenue Cycle management. Despite the organization reporting a favorable margin this year, it falls short in achieving profits comparable to those of insurers, […]
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