Revenue Cycle Management
Siemens Healthcare clients looking to upgrade their legacy patient accounting systems will have help switching to the company's revenue cycle management platform, thanks to a new partnership with Cymetrix.
The integration of information technology and the healthcare revenue cycle took another step forward last week with NaviNet's acquisition of Prematics, giving the Cambridge, Mass.-based healthcare communications network a mobile care management platform.
Nearly 13 percent of family physicians say they face the prospect of closing their practices entirely if Medicare slashes their payment next year by the proposed 25 percent, according to a recent survey.
A new partnership between two healthcare information technology companies will allow patients registering for medical appointments on wireless touchscreen devices to pay for them as well.
Because he thinks in stories, Atul Gawande - surgeon, author, professor - started a recent lecture about the costs and failures of the country's healthcare system with a story about a middle-aged car mechanic in Alabama.
The RACs officially rescinded some reviews in the past few weeks, even after having completed complex reviews including the issuance of denial letters to the providers for the claims reviewed.
Two Kentucky-based companies, Humana and Norton Healthcare, are launching the region's first commercial Accountable Care Organization.
Congress on Monday agreed to a reprieve of scheduled 23 percent Medicare pay cuts to physicians that would have started December 1. The measure means reimbursement levels will go untouched until January 1.
A pilot program being conducted by the Department of Veterans Affairs is testing whether using a private contractor to collect healthcare records from private physicians can speed the processing of veterans' disability compensation claims.
I recently conducted an interview with two innovators in the healthcare space, Steve Mooney, president, Revenue Cycle Solutions and Jeff Nieman, senior vice president, Operations, at Conifer Health Solutions. Steve and Jeff offer some insights on what the future holds for revenue cycle management.