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Data security, providing patient financial care +…
Healthcare organizations are bracing for another wave of uncertainty resulting from the ripple effects of February’s nationwide cyberattack. As individual…
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4 do's and don'ts of uncompensated care:…
With uncompensated care on the rise, hospitals need smarter ways to screen patients for charity care. Here are four key steps to take now.
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Need to improve revenue capture? Start with…
In healthcare finance, effective revenue capture separates successful organizations from those that simply survive. Providers are losing money they’re rightfully…
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Waystar’s Accelerated Implementation Program: Success stories, metrics…
In the wake of February’s cybersecurity attack, costly disruptions in healthcare payment operations affected healthcare organizations across the U.S. Even…
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Can you have too many healthcare RCM…
Cybersecurity attacks have healthcare leaders rethinking how to protect patient data. One way is to slim down how many partners…
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6 smart goals of revenue cycle management…
Goal setting is a game changer. Every healthcare organization has RCM milestones they want to hit or metrics they’d like to…
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5 strategies to reduce future cybersecurity threats…
If you’re a leader in healthcare revenue cycle management, cybersecurity threats are a top concern — and they have to…
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5 strategies to overcome patient payment complexities
Healthcare organizations need to simplify patient payment collection — that’s how your patients see it anyway. Whether they’re buying a…
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5 most unproductive touches in the healthcare…
Note: This post was originally published in May 2023. It was updated in January 2024. The healthcare RCM process…
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Revenue cycle 101: What is denial management…
Denial management in healthcare RCM is critical. Denials affect everything from revenue flow to efficiency to patient satisfaction. And when…
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Waystar Advisory Board: 5 takeaways from our…
To kick off our first annual True North conference, the Waystar Advisory Board met in September 2023 at The Grand…
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Rev cycle 101 - Healthcare revenue cycle…
In the healthcare revenue cycle, acronyms are common — and also critical. Whether you’re in charge of denial prevention or…
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Revenue cycle 101: Referral status, authorizations vs.…
If you’ve ever had to chase down referral status from a payer, you know it’s a tedious, time-consuming process. Whether…
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Revenue cycle 101: Prior authorization + referrals
[Note: This post was originally published in January 2021 but was updated in October 2023] Prior authorization. Pre-authorization. Precertification. Prior…
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3 achievable strategies from Piedmont for healthcare…
Ensuring patients can understand their healthcare statements — and receiving payment in a timely manner — go hand-in-hand. When statements…
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Research on denial management in healthcare: 3…
Did you know unresolved claim denials can represent an average loss of up to 5% of net patient revenue for…
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Healthcare denial management debrief: 4 top reasons…
Today, healthcare denial management is not just a priority for RCM professionals — it is the priority. "In recent surveys, three…
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Steps for revenue cycle optimization success: 3…
As health organizations expand and scale their business, having cutting-edge solutions is critical to streamline their revenue cycle. That’s exactly…
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Delivering better patient financial care: 3 takeaways…
When it comes to earning patient loyalty, many focus on the clinical side of healthcare and may not realize just…
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5 revenue cycle management strategies to boost…
Revenue cycle management strategies are a dime a dozen. So, how do you know which ones will actually boost productivity?…
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Develop a data-rich dashboard: Which medical billing…
This is the eighth and final post in a new Waystar blog series: 7 steps to sharpen your healthcare…