Billing and Collections
A reorganization of resources may not feel natural to your practice at first, but can yield big gains, revenue cycle director says at the MGMA conference.
Cost savings are further bolstered by avoiding unnecessary surgeries and achieving lower rates of expensive complications.
Care Quote, which Jackson began using in late August, is a price estimator tool that provides out-of-pocket spending information to patients seeking healthcare services.
University Hospitals of Cleveland is just now beginning to move toward a streamlined billing solution.
Money will be used to grow the company's payment network, which links up with hospitals' existing IT systems.
Los Angeles-based RadNet won for the easiest bill to understand, with a bill HHS said is "as concise as possible."
In fact, charges in the third quarter of 2015 were actually higher than charges in previous quarters.
At the same time, health plans spend more than $654 million per year in unnecessary claims resolution calls, HealthEdge found.
According to the new American Medical Association survey, primary care providers and physicians in large, complex practices log the most digital usage and are most enthusiastic about new technologies.
The trend with the most immediate impact will likely be the shift from volume to value.