Richard Pizzi
TransUnion announced the release of a new healthcare patient payment estimator at the Healthcare Financial Management Association's Revenue Cycle Strategy conference in Chicago last week and will begin implementing the tool in hospitals this month.
Hospitals participating in the Premier healthcare alliance’s QUEST: High Performing Hospitals national collaborative have saved an estimated 8,043 lives and $577 million in one year, according to an analysis from Premier.
Monthly editorial from Healthcare Finance News Editor Richard Pizzi
The inaugural Healthcare Finance News Virtual Conference and Exhibition in mid-October, which featured expert speakers on various healthcare finance issues, offered one overriding message: Healthcare providers should prepare for significant change.
The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society has acquired the Nashville-based Medical Banking Project, moving the Chicago-based healthcare IT professional society more broadly into healthcare finance and administration.
The Healthcare Financial Management Association's Revenue Cycle Strategies Conference got underway Thursday with a series of preconference seminars focused on improving operations in the hospital business office.
A new report by Gartner, Inc., recommends that information technology and service providers plan their 2010 marketing campaigns, sales and service engagements with clearer value propositions aimed at the chief financial officer and strategic business unit leaders.
MedeAnalytics, a provider of healthcare performance management technology, has launched a new Patient Access Services solution at HFMA's Fall Revenue Cycle Strategies Conference.
The business intelligence firm Data Advantage has released a list of 75 hospitals receiving a "Best in Value: Superior Quality Merit Award" from the 2009-2010 Hospital Value Index, a national study on U.S. hospitals and the value of care they provide.
Moses Taylor Hospital, a 173-bed facility located in Scranton, Pa., plans to implement denials management software in an attempt to increase billing effectiveness, improve cash flow and generate net new revenue.