Revenue Cycle Management
Supply chain executives at the Premier Breakthroughs conference in Nashville agreed that physicians are getting more involved and enthusiastic about supply chain decisions.
Aetna has agreed to buy the Medicare supplement and related blocks of in-force business of Genworth Financial for $290 million.
Optimism among chief financial officers in the United States has fallen, but spending plans indicate continued moderate growth over the next year, according to the most recent Duke University/CFO Global Business Outlook Survey.
BancTec, a Dallas-based provider of business process outsourcing and transaction automation services, has been validated compliant with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) by Trustwave, a provider of information security and compliance solutions.
The Huron Consulting Group is offering a new software solution that aims to help healthcare providers steer a straight path through the revenue cycle management maze.
As we enter the second decade of the 21st Century, medical practices face a host of financial challenges. Whether a practice aims to maintain physician compensation at desired levels, keep up with overhead expenses or invest in new technologies, the critical factor for success is efficient management of the revenue cycle.
As part of its “From Courtship to Marriage” series looking at how hospitals and physicians can work together, PricewaterhouseCoopers reports that while most doctors want more involvement in the governance of hospitals, hospital administrators worry that doctors don’t have the leadership training needed to fill those roles.
The Huron Consulting Group's healthcare practice is offering a new product that aims to help healthcare providers steer a straight path through the revenue cycle management maze.
Healthcare costs in the United States continue to rise, but at a declining rate, according to the latest S&P Healthcare Economic Composite Index update.
Economic growth is expected to continue in the United States throughout the remainder of 2011, say the nation's purchasing and supply executives in their spring 2011 Semiannual Economic Forecast.