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How the right coverage detection solution can increase revenue + ease burden on your staff
Health Systems + Hospitals
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How the right coverage detection solution can…

See how the right tech + tools help providers collect more from payers—rather than patients—and boost staff productivity.

Revenue cycle 101: What is denial management in healthcare?
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Physician + Specialty Practices

Revenue cycle 101: What is denial management…

How and why an insurance claim is denied, what the appeal process looks like and how automation is transforming the process.

6 telehealth rev cycle metrics to track right now [updated]
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Partners
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6 telehealth rev cycle metrics to track…

The core telehealth metrics you need to track to ensure billing accuracy, maximize payer reimbursement and reduce claim rejections and denials.

Why patients aren’t using your patient portal
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Physician + Specialty Practices

Why patients aren’t using your patient portal

Patient portals are crucial for any modern provider's rev cycle--so why are people often so reluctant to use them?

Automating claim status checks to accelerate cash
Health Systems + Hospitals
Physician + Specialty Practices

Automating claim status checks to accelerate cash

How successful healthcare organizations mange claim inquiries with solutions that automatically review + edit claims pre-submission.

Why basic eligibility checks may be costing you
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Physician + Specialty Practices

Why basic eligibility checks may be costing…

How comprehensive, automated benefit eligibility solution reduces denials, increases reimbursement and drives revenue.

Why automated estimates increase both collections + patient satisfaction

Why automated estimates increase both collections +…

The push to get more people signed up for insurance plans through the ACA is ramping up during the ongoing…

5 key takeaways from Becker’s Pediatric Leadership Forum
Health Systems + Hospitals

5 key takeaways from Becker’s Pediatric Leadership…

The pediatric revenue cycle: how to bolster the bottom line and support the mission of children’s hospitals Children’s hospitals offer…

How price transparency can help you drive revenue

How price transparency can help you drive…

Since going into effect at the beginning of this year, the price transparency mandate has encouraged hospitals across the country…

Top billing mistakes and how to fix them
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Physician + Specialty Practices

Top billing mistakes and how to fix…

Billing mistakes are inevitable. From having to juggle multiple systems, keeping up with mounting denials and appeals, and navigating the…

Four tips for providers to reduce denials in 2021

Four tips for providers to reduce denials…

Managing denial rates has long been a challenge for providers. In the worst case, denied claims end up as unexpected…

A better diagnosis for DME denials

A better diagnosis for DME denials

Durable medical equipment (DME) represents approximately 2% of Medicare’s overall annual spending. According to CMS’ National Expenditures 2018 Highlights, Medicare paid…

What is revenue integrity, and why is everyone in healthcare talking about it?

What is revenue integrity, and why is…

No matter what industry you’re in, revenue integrity seems to be a constant buzzword. In healthcare, however, it is more…

A message from our CEO: 2020 in review and looking ahead

A message from our CEO: 2020 in…

2020 was a year unlike any other. It was full of both challenges and adaptation, loss and resilience. The global…

How one DME supplier took on the challenge of same or similar denials

How one DME supplier took on the…

For durable medical equipment (DME) suppliers, navigating billing and reimbursement can be time-consuming and resource intensive. Medicare reimbursement rules present…

Leveraging a propensity-to-pay solution to drive collections 

Leveraging a propensity-to-pay solution to drive collections 

A growing self-pay population and more high-deductible plans means providers need to focus more than ever on improving collections. Core…

What we're thankful for this year

What we're thankful for this year

2020 has been a year of challenges and surprises — most notably COVID-19. There has been more to navigate than…

Revenue cycle 101: the life cycle of a medical bill

Revenue cycle 101: the life cycle of…

Your introduction to the basics behind understanding the healthcare revenue cycle. This week: the life cycle of a medical bill.…

Price transparency final rule: 6 steps to prepare
Health Systems + Hospitals

Price transparency final rule: 6 steps to…

With modifications, the article below was originally published by Becker's Hospital Review on June 20, 2020. We hosted a webinar…

Claims data & COVID
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Physician + Specialty Practices

Claims data & COVID

How Testing, Telehealth + Elective Procedures Fluctuated from February to June COVID-19 has forever changed healthcare, and its long-term impact…

6 telehealth rev cycle metrics to track right now
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Partners
Physician + Specialty Practices

6 telehealth rev cycle metrics to track…

Telehealth adoption has exploded in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many patients are prohibited or reluctant to venture out…