Health systems are entering a new era of financial pressure, one where margin is no longer recovered downstream, but protected upstream. Across the industry, leaders are navigating shrinking ...

What is revenue cycle management in healthcare, and why is it important? In today’s healthcare system, patient care is only one side of the equation. Finances, which factor in how providers get paid ...

Healthcare has been trying to solve the revenue cycle problem for twenty years. Every generation of technology promised to fix it. Workflow automation. Rules-based billing tools. Outsourced denial ...

Patient care may be the priority, but it’s only half the equation for healthcare facilities that also need to maintain financial organization and stability to support that care. So, why do so many ...

Maintaining business continuity and achieving financial goals are significant challenges for healthcare organizations. Revenue cycle management (RCM) plays a pivotal role in addressing these ...

Mastermind participant Christina Slemp of Community Health Systems explains how RCM leaders need to balance the potential of AI with the damage it can do if not managed properly. AI is fast becoming ...

Imagine running a fine-dining restaurant where 20% of your customers slip out without paying, and the rest take up to a year to settle their bill—assuming they even do. Sounds absurd, right? Yet, this ...

Health system executives in charge of their organization’s revenue cycle are fretting about their dealings with payers, with many noting elevated denial rates across the board and within Medicare ...

Expertise on demand: there's an exec for that. As health systems face razor-thin margins, executive upheaval, and sky-high expectations, some are calling on a burgeoning type of leader to helm the ...

Hospitals and health systems are increasingly turning to AI to enhance their revenue cycle management (RCM) processes as healthcare execs shift their perspective on the role of the technology. A ...

The search for revenue cycle management leaders is ongoing and can be particularly challenging because of the nature of the executives who take on the job, according to one expert. "These leaders ...