Revenue Cycle Management
The deal advances R1's integrated technology strategy through revenue intelligence and automation.
The specialized software company will initially concentrate on no-show appointments.
The revenue cycle automation enabled Baptist Health Care to quadruple the number of diagnostic appointments made online.
The financing option integrates care delivery with revenue cycle management, VP says.
To reduce care variation, SSM and Optum will use clinical technologies, advanced analytic and data-driven insights at the point of care.
The automation is expected to improve reimbursement for 3M's 6,000 client health systems and hospitals nationwide.
Q&A with Availity's Lillian Phelps on the challenges of claim attachments, denial management and prior authorizations.
Kimberly Scaccia, VP of revenue management for Mercyhealth, says one challenge is competition for remote staff is nationwide.
Because of COVID-19's push to a remote workforce, hospitals are competing for billers and coders not just locally, but nationally.
Although RAND said price regulation is the most effective way to reduce spending, the researchers said this method has the most opposition.