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Healthcare receivables management has become an important issue to healthcare providers with the rising cost of healthcare. Contingency agencies, medical debt buyers, and technology vendors in the medical receivables industry are responding by offering healthcare receivables management and medical debt collection services while building sound partnerships with hospital systems, physician groups, and healthcare associations. The recovery of delinquent health care receivables via medical debt collection will continue to have a strong impact on the vast and complex U.S. healthcare industry.
Free reports on healthcare receivables management from insideARM:
- 11 Tips for Improving Return on Healthcare Receivables
- Curses or Cures: State Regulations, Hospital Creditors, and the Medical Receivables Industry
- The Tangled Web of Google Health: Online Medical Records Could Change Healthcare Receivables Strategies
- Healthcare Receivables Management: Strategic Data on a Growing Market
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News Headlines
- Budget Cuts Expanding Government ARM Sector 8/20/10
- Could Asset Acceptance Exit Create Health Care ARM Market Leader? 8/9/10
- Debt Buyers Portfolio Recovery and Asset Acceptance Beat Earnings Estimates 7/30/10
- CMS Final Rules to Qualify for Health IT Incentive More Flexible 7/23/10
- Collection Agency Owner Pleas Guilty in Medicaid Fraud Scam 7/20/10
- Receivables Outsourcing, Inc. Announces Acquisition of Arc Group Associates 7/8/10
- Early Health Care Reform Rules to Benefit Medical Debt Buyers and Collectors 6/11/10
- Medical Collectors Need to Move Up in the Cycle to Avoid Death 5/28/10
- CMS Proposed Rules to Receive Health IT Incentive Payments Too Inflexible, Says 53 Health Care Organizations 5/21/10
- Federal Regulatory Reform Hits ARM Industry on Three Fronts 5/10/10
- MedAssist Founder Retires from Firstsource as Eligibility Outsourcing Market Set to Expand 4/16/10
- ARM Industry Not Likely to Take Massive Charges on Health Reform Like AT&T, Others 4/1/10
- ARM Professionals Share Thoughts on Health Care Reform Impact 3/24/10
- AHA Seeks Changes to IRS Form Detailing Charity Care, Debt Collection Practices 3/19/10
- Numbers from the ARM Industry’s First Virtual Trade Show 2/26/10
- Phony Health Insurance Plans on the Rise, Impacting Collections 2/25/10
- insideARM’s EXPO 3.0 Virtual Exhibition is Live Today 2/16/10
- Derailed Health Care Reform Effort Will Not Mean Business as Usual for ARM Industry 1/21/10
- Senate Passes Health Care Bill; Reconciliation Will Bear Final Benefits 12/24/09
- ARM Professionals Discuss Senate Plan to Expand Medicare 12/11/09
- Best Places to Work in Collections Winner Profile: Professional Account Services, Inc. 12/10/09
- Bad Debt Expense Up at For-Profit Hospitals 12/4/09
- Consumer Directed Health Plan Growth Could be Boost for Smaller, Local ARM Professionals 11/25/09
- Some States Continue Health Care Reform Efforts Despite Budget Deficits 11/19/09
- Banks and Health Care Debt Collectors Poised to Benefit from Rise in HSA Growth 11/12/09
- ACA International Board Halts Plans for Self Regulation in Collection Industry 11/5/09
- Removing Antitrust Exemption Will Have Little Impact on Health Insurers 10/29/09
- Public Health Care Plan Option Gains Favor with Americans Amid Health Insurer Mishaps 10/23/09
- ARM Professionals Look For Cost Containment in Health Care Reform 10/16/09
- Restrictive Debt Collection Language in Reform Bill Targets Hospitals, Not Debt Collectors 10/9/09
- State Lawmakers Seek Legislative Solutions to Health Care Reform Mandates 9/28/09
- Workers Pick up the Tab for Rising Health Care Premiums in Employer-Sponsored Family Plans 9/17/09
- Follow Michael Lamm on Twitter at AAHAM Regional Meeting 9/15/09
- Obama says he won’t Back Down on Public Plan as Choice for Affordable Health Care Coverage 9/10/09
- Survey Says Health Care Reform Still Popular as ARM Industry Examine Changes 9/3/09
- ARM Companies with Immigrant Collections Expertise May Get Boost from Reform 8/28/09
- ARM Industry Weighs Impact of Health Care Reform on Business 8/21/09
- Employee Share of Prescription Drug Cost to Pressure Bad Debt Expense 8/13/09
- New On-line Payment Service Aims to Speed Small Balance Collections 8/3/09
- Patient’s Death Renews Calls on Capitol Hill to Limit Specialty-Hospital Growth 7/21/09
- Health Care Reform Bills Would Hit ARM Firms as Businesses, Rather than as Collectors 7/17/09
- Unpaid Medical Bills and Health Care Initiatives Increasing Demand for ARM Help 7/9/09
- Recent Acquisition Gives ARM Firm New Healthcare Services Expertise 6/18/09
- Follow Michael Klozotsky on Twitter at the HFMA Conference 6/15/09
- ARM Industry Gets Face Time with Lawmakers on Health Care Reform Proposals 6/12/09
- Medical Collection Agency Acquisitions Help Software Developer Sell Product 5/29/09
- Health Care Reform May Restrict Hospitals’ Collection Outsourcing Activities 5/22/09
- Expanding Nurse Practitioners Primary Care Role Could Lower Medical Bad Debt Balances 5/15/09
- Fast-Tracked Health Care Reform May Have Little Impact on ARM Industry in Short Term 5/1/09
- SCHIP Expansion May Present Lower Cost Collection Opportunities 4/24/09
Analysis Headlines
- The Impact of Healthcare Reform on the ARM Industry
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act includes insurance reform provisions that are likely to affect self-pay collections. Our Healthcare Specialist outlines some of these key reforms that will phase in over the next four years. - Changes in the Healthcare Industry that will Impact ARM Companies
Economic developments and regulatory trends pose significant challenges to healthcare organizations. Our healthcare analyst outlines a number of resulting challenges and opportunities for ARM companies that service medical accounts. - Healthcare Self-Pay Collection - Recover from Those Who Can Pay
Integrating a legal remedy into collection efforts provides a patient-friendly and efficient method to close the loop on your self-pay receivables. - The Tangled Web of Google Health – Online Medical Records Could Change Healthcare Receivables Strategies
Several prominent web cornerstone firms, like Google and Microsoft, are pushing a system that would allow consumers access to Personal Health Records. The medical ARM industry could both benefit and suffer by this move. - Accounting for Bad Debt: Charity Care, IRS Form 990, and ARM
A powerful healthcare employees union has pushed a major hospital into a tenuous position regarding the accounting recognition of its bad debt: squarely between the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the IRS. - What Really Makes Healthcare Collections Unique
The market is massive and serves nearly every person in the world. So what else is special about medical collections? - HIPAA and Medical Collections: Staying Compliant Worth the Hassle
“If anything, it’s made my job easier, much the way the FDCPA made our jobs easier. That doesn’t make me too popular – I think a lot of my colleagues aren’t happy with too many rules. But the policies put me on solid ground.” - Debt Buyers’ Growing Interest in Alternative Asset Classes
Alternative asset classes have long been an interest of a niche group of debt buyers. But now that niche is being widely expanded.
Research Headlines
- Kaulkin Report 7 Excerpt - Healthcare Industry is Unusually Diverse
- Healthcare ARM Report - Healthcare Providers and Receivables Management
- Healthcare ARM Report - Conclusion, Outlook, and Index
- Healthcare ARM Report - Suppliers to the Healthcare Sector of the ARM Industry
- Healthcare ARM Report - Threats to the Healthcare ARM Industry
- Healthcare ARM Report - The Healthcare Industry and its Need for Receivables Management
- Healthcare ARM Report - Healthcare Sector of the ARM Industry
- Global Debt Buying Report - Healthcare Receivables in the U.S.
Press Releases
- ACA Joins U.S. Chamber Call to Repeal IRS Reporting Requirement in Healthcare Bill 8/27/10
- Debt Resolve Reports Balance Sheet Improvements 8/26/10
- NCO Financial Investigative Services Selected as New MGMA AdminiServe Partner 8/24/10
- CSI Financial Services Enters Into Co-Marketing Partnership with Cymetrix 8/19/10
- Ontario Systems’ Ryan Childers Selected as Co-Chair for TSIA Champions Professional Services Program 8/10/10
- CSI Financial Services to Provide San Diego-based HealthCare System with Patient-Friendly Loan Program 8/10/10
- Kaulkin Media Appoints Stephanie Eidelman President to Drive Change 7/8/10
- Ontario Systems Announces Collect SAVVY Healthcare Software 6/30/10
- CSI Financial Services to Provide Patient-Friendly Bank Loans to Three Midwest Hospital Systems 6/27/10
- Emdeon Acquires Chapin to Enhance Provider-Focused Payment Integrity 6/23/10
- Conifer Health Solutions first to earn key industry recognition for Business Office Management Solution 6/23/10
- The Outsource Group Expands Workers Compensation Services with Acquisition of Connecticut Credit 6/16/10
- Collection Service Contract Awarded for Oklahoma State University 6/15/10
- LiveVox Announces Patient Self-Service IVR as part of Healthcare Revenue Management Suite 6/14/10
- Conifer Health Solutions' Business Office Management Solution Receives HFMA Peer Review Designation 6/9/10
- Collection Agency Sheds Light on What Those in Medical and Dental Want in Collection Practices 6/1/10
- nTelagent Reports Record Sales Growth, Enters Five New States 5/19/10
- EOS CCA Announces Acquisition of True North AR and its ARM Subsidiaries 5/14/10
- Cardon Third-Party Eligibility Program Receives HFMA Peer Review Designation 5/11/10
- The Outsource Group Acquires Patient Financial Medical Services 5/7/10
- CAB Receivables Management Experiences Steady Growth; Customization Brings Results for New Clients 5/7/10
- Executive Change: CSI Financial Services Names Shawn Lane VP, Regional Sales Manager 5/6/10
- Craneware, Inc. Renews HFMA Peer Review Designation 5/5/10
- Intuit Financial Healthcare Check-Up Shows Americans Confused About Medical Statements 4/27/10
- The Outsource Group Acquires Health Care Legal Services 4/26/10
- Columbia Ultimate Announces ManageMed 4.0 for Healthcare Collections 4/14/10
- TransUnion: Latest Recession Negatively Impacting Healthcare Organization Balance Sheets More than 2001 4/13/10
- Executive Change: CSI Financial Services Names Mark Swirsky VP, Regional Sales Manager 4/5/10
- Associated Billing Services Renews Extensive Agreement with A-Life Medical 3/31/10
- J.C. Christensen Employs Tax Strategy to Boost Medical Collections 3/31/10
- Executive Change: Sensibill Welcomes System Administrator to the Team 3/24/10
- Executive Change: CSI Financial Services Promotes Jeff Stallings to VP, Regional Sales Manager 3/24/10
- Executive Change: Brian J. Wasilewski Appointed CEO of HBCS 3/22/10
- Apollo Health Street to Provide Accounts Receivable Management for St. Mary’s Health System of Evansville, Indiana 3/19/10
- Ontario Systems Announces Strategic Alliance with State Collection Service, Inc. 3/17/10
- Maxwell, Turner & Associates Expands Medical Collections Department 3/15/10
- MedAssets Inks Agreement for National Hospice Provider to Implement its Revenue Cycle Management Solutions 3/10/10
- Concuity Wins New Revenue Cycle Management Customer With ClearContracts 3/9/10
- NCO Group Announces Expansion of Its Healthcare Remittance Processing Service Solution 3/5/10
- Connance Vendor Management Platform Extended To Hospitals’ Professional Billing Activity 3/4/10
- Executive Change: Acclaim Radiology Management Names Wendy Lomers Chief Financial Officer 2/26/10
- Ontario Systems Announces Range of Professional Services for the Accounts Receivable Management Industry 2/10/10
- MDHBA Institute Will be Held this April in Chicago 2/10/10
- MDHBA Offers a New Look and Services in 2010 2/8/10
- Keynote Systems' Mobile Monitoring Solution Selected by Voxiva, a Leading Provider of Mobile Health Solutions, as Technology Partner for the Text4baby Campaign 2/5/10
- Global Debt Registry Announces the Registration and Title Transfer of Its One-Hundredth Receivable Portfolio 2/5/10
- Executive Change: SquareTwo Financial Names Paul A. Larkins CEO 2/3/10
- Ontario Systems Earns Best Practices Certification 2/3/10
- Executive Change: CSI Financial Services Names Bruce Weintraub as Vice President, Marketing 2/2/10
- Cymetrix to Provide Third-Party Accounts Receivables Services at UC San Diego Medical Center 1/29/10
