Billing and Collections
Workable payment plans can't be too burdensome and should take into account FICO score, 90-day payment history and any residual or related income individuals earn.
The new version of the program focuses on a number of key areas important to pediatric populations, such as surgical site infection outcomes for specific procedures.
Integrating flexible payment options into a revenue cycle requires needed change for a provider's bottom line.
A quick breakdown of the different approaches hospitals are taking to compensate physicians amid the massive shift from volume to value.
The shift from fee-for-service to value-based care means providers are facing new challenges. A rev cycle executive offers advice about tightening processes to overcome those.
While conventional wisdom holds that it should be more challenging for doctors to bill private insurers, the results show that billing Medicaid is a bigger challenge.
The insurer claims ER physician staffing firm is charging 'outrageous' rates, while Envision blames UnitedHealthcare for out-of-network charges.
Aetna Pay has shown results of close to $10 million in payments in three months by delivering an adjudicated bill that patients can more easily understand.
TransUnion's Jonathan Wiik weighed in on study released at HIMSS18 that shows Americans can't afford their healthcare now, and it will get worse.
Goshen Health CFO Amy Floria told attendees at the HIMSS18 Revenue Cycle Solutions Summit they can cut bad debt by simply communicating with patients sooner.