Revenue Cycle Management
As costs rise and patients shoulder an increasingly greater share of the financial burden, pressure has grown for healthcare to be more consumer friendly.
Mosaic just started the third year of a five-year plan, and is already seeing improved collections and revenue en route to a projected $9 million ROI.
The technology is "getting closer to its breakout moment," says Deloitte, whose new survey finds healthcare organizations seeing "disruption" on the horizon and preparing to spend accordingly.
Bipartisan Policy Center recommends CMS give MA plans flexibility in targeting supplemental benefits to members with chronic care conditions.
Among the lesser-known benefits of telehealth are its abilities to help hospitals strengthen a provider's billing and payment collections.
The new communities, targeted at 9 types of attendees, will enable people to navigate the conference year-round.
Hit especially hard were Massachusetts' community hospitals, with median operating margins plunging to 0.9 percent.
Community Health Systems saw their net operating revenue drop thanks to hospital offloading, but same-store revenue actually jumped 3 percent.
Understanding the root causes of financial hardship enables hospital executives to best pick which areas to improve first.
Finance executives are finding they need to become more adept at data-driven analytics to better manage risk and spot new business opportunities.