Revenue Cycle Management

Clinical documentation improvement at Henry Ford Health System includes nurses serving as translators between physicians and coders and analytic tools that have added 2 percent to revenue cycle bottom line.

In this informal survey we're asking our provider audience to tell us who they use for their revenue cycle, and what they think of the tools.

Most U.S. healthcare providers are simply unprepared to convert to new payment models, according to a recent survey by KPMG's Healthcare & Life Sciences Practice, which found only 15 percent of the 164 healthcare professionals surveyed said their finance departments can support capitation, bundled payments and quality-based payments.

As the healthcare industry moves from volume to value, tech vendors including Cerner, Craneware, Premier Revenue Solutions LLC and ZirMed Inc. are attempting to fill the need in the market by working with hospitals to integrate their revenue, clinical and operational systems.

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Grades based on which states have legislation that dictates price transparency portals be set up.

Revenue cycle company Emdeon this week announced plans to acquire Altegra Health, an analytics firm, for $910 million, a move the companies said will better position them as the industry moves to a value-based model.

Aside from collections, the Peer60 report found 25 percent of providers plan to outsource contract management.

This is the second acquisition by Bolder Healthcare Solutions this month.

Patient satisfaction has become much more tied to costs as consumers pay more out-of-pocket for their healthcare expenses.