Tag: Healthcare Finance

Artificial Intelligence in RCM

How AI Can Create A Massive Competitive Advantage – 4 Financial Applications

Healthcare organizations have a tremendous opportunity to harness artificial intelligence in an area that may not seem flashy but is important nonetheless: revenue cycle management. Although 94 percent of companies firmly believe AI can give healthcare organizations a “massive competitive advantage,” according to Change Healthcare’s Adam Sullivan, PhD, less than 5 percent have extensively incorporated […]
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Patient Collections

Improve Patient Collections Through Billing Transparency

An overwhelming majority (92 percent) of patients want to know their payment responsibility prior to visit. This statistic, from InstaMed’s seventh Trends in Healthcare Payments Report, highlights the recent shift in patient financial engagement. Patients have become consumers who seek transparency and flexibility when paying for healthcare expenditures. However, medical groups are lagging when it comes to meeting […]
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Alternative Payment Models

Understanding The New CMS Primary Care Alternative Payment Models

  In April, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced five new alternative payment models for primary care, known as the CMS Primary Cares Initiative. The five alternative payment models are: Primary Care First Primary Care First – High Need Populations Direct Contracting – Global Direct Contracting – Professional Direct Contracting – […]
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Medical Billing Outsourcing

5 Medical Billing Trends

The global medical billing outsourcing market is poised to expand for years to come as medical practices face challenges related to multiple payers and medical code representation, and large practices consolidate, according to a new report by Grand View Research. Five billing trends, based on the report: The global medical billing outsourcing market is projected to reach […]
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Top 13 Reasons For Claim Denials

Top 13 Reasons For Claim Denials

Denied claims are one of physicians’ chief complaints when it comes to dealing with payers. To a certain extent, every practice deals with claim denials. It’s those practices that eliminate the most common reasons that experience a smoother revenue cycle and find greater financial success. Here are the 13 most common reasons for why claims […]
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