Revenue Cycle Management

Healthcare Finance will be on the ground at the conference and will file live reports from the sessions.

"Cadillac tax" on high-priced plans is also contributing to the spending decline and accelerating the cost shift from employer to employee, PricewaterCooper report finds.

As in other industries, a healthcare organization can also be better positioned to manage payments if its bank adopts a centralized payments hub.

Linda Burt, Chief Financial Officer for Nebraska Methodist Health System, talks about how her organization has adapted to the ever-changing financial landscape in healthcare by adding specialized staff and adopting new technologies.

InstaMed shows healthcare providers must give consumers more online and mobile choices for paying their bills while protecting patient data.

Organizations of all sizes can achieve cost savings and benefits from converting their claims reimbursements payments from paper checks to the healthcare EFT standard transaction. Here are some examples of those who did it.

Company says the technology acquired from LaClaro will enhance the analytics and workflow management tools offered in its service for ambulatory surgery centers.

With out-of-pocket costs for patients increasing due to the popularity of high deductible health plans, and with so few purchasers taking advantage of health savings accounts, the risk of bad debt and charity care has increased for healthcare providers.

When hospitals send invoices with charges that seem to bear no relationship to their costs, the Pennsylvania firm tells its clients (generally medium-sized employers) just say no.

Bert Zimmerli, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Intermountain Healthcare, enthuses about wireless technology, sensors and connected health as they pertain to the growing focus on revenue cycle management in healthcare.