Revenue Cycle Management

A new healthcare electronic funds transfer (EFT) standard went into effect at the beginning of 2014, and many healthcare professionals are reaping the benefits of time and money saved.

We keep telling physicians that they may have to survive without reimbursement revenue for six months after the ICD-10 transition in Oct. 1, 2015. But it doesn't have to go down that way if organizations take practical steps.

National health spending grew 3.6 percent in 2013, the lowest annual increase since the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) began tracking the statistic in 1960, officials said Wednesday.

Patient experience is one component of value-based reimbursement, and hospital finance staff must be aware of the connection, and their role in contributing to the overall patient experience.

The case for collaboration in accountable care networks is getting a boost in the Puget Sound (Wash.) region.

Atlanta's Emory Healthcare will partner with payment financing firm CarePayment to create a flexible payment system as patients continue to be stretched thin by rising deductibles and out-of-pocket expenses.

Opponents of the transition to ICD-10 coding were successful in attaching a delay to "must-pass" Congressional legislation earlier this year. If ICD-10 proponents are not vigilant, such tactics could work again.

More healthcare providers are outsourcing end-to-end revenue cycle management amid the change to value-based payment models, a new survey shows. Experts predict the market for RCM outsourcing will approach $10 billion by 2016.

Earlier this month, CMS published its final rule to update the Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and the Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System rates and policies for 2015. Here are the highlights.

Collaboration with university-based business schools can bring a new perspective to hospital and health system problems, especially when trying to introduce new thinking into an organization.