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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 healthcare 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:
- The Cash Market in Healthcare
- 11 Tips for Improving Return on Healthcare Receivablesy
- Curses or Cures: State Regulations, Hospital Creditors, and the ARM 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
- Lawsuit May have Implications for Medical Collection Agencies 1/6/09
- Collection Agency Sued for Allegedly Violating Charity Care Law 1/2/09
- Medical Debt Collections from Self Pay Accounts to Increase in 2009 12/23/08
- New Illinois Law Could Benefit Medical Debt Recoveries for State Hospitals 12/19/08
- Hospitals Quietly Seek Financial Assistance from Capitol Hill 12/16/08
- More Caps on Medicare and Medicaid no Solution to Rising Health Care Costs 12/12/08
- Electronic Medical Records May Provide Revenue for Providers and Patients 12/10/08
- Hospitals’ Strategy to Boost Medicaid Enrollments Could Hurt Industry’s Long Term Financial Stability 12/5/08
- Tough Economy, Holiday Pressures Call for Flexibility When Collecting Medical Debt 12/2/08
- Look for Collection Account Balances to Fall Under Universal Health Care, Not Volume 11/25/08
- Sen. Max Baucus Gets Debate Going on Capitol Hill with Health Reform Plan 11/18/08
- Credit Crunch Impacting Burgeoning Medical Receivables Market 11/14/08
- Conifer Health Solutions Could Reshape ARM Industry, Competitive Landscape 11/11/08
- Medical ARM Market to Grow, Even Under Universal Healthcare: Analyst 11/7/08
- EXCLUSIVE: Tenet Spins Off ARM and Communications Business 11/6/08
- NCFE's Poulsen Convicted of Fraud 11/4/08
- Health Care Concerns Reflected in Election Polling, Early Voter Turnout 10/31/08
- Health Providers Concerned About Incentive Payments in Government Medicare Audit Program 10/29/08
- CMS Recovery Auditor Contractors to Scrutinize Medicare Billing Practices 10/27/08
- New Regulatory Requirements for Hospitals Present ARM Opportunities 10/21/08
- Medical Accounts Receivables Funding Industry Evolves in Wake of NCFE 10/17/08
- After Six Years, NCFE’s Top Executive Faces Federal Jury on Fraud Charges 10/14/08
- Wichita Hospitals Beefs Up Financial Counseling to Curb Bad Debt Expense 10/10/08
- Financial Bailout Will Hamper Next President’s Health Care Reform Efforts 10/7/08
- Obama’s Health Care Plan Vague On Uncompensated Care Expense, Costs: Experts 10/3/08
- Hospitals Will Closely Examine Bad Debt in Post-Federal Bailout Environment 9/26/08
- Growing Market for Medical Debt Paper Likely to Follow Financial Bailout 9/24/08
- PPO Enrollment Growth Contributes to Rise in Medical Bad Debt 9/19/08
- Michigan Hospital Association Puts Spotlight on Not-For-Profit Hospitals Free Care 9/18/08
- Staten Island Hospital Agrees to Pay $90 Million to Settle Medicare Fraud Claims 9/17/08
- Association Fears Discount Bill’s Amendatory Veto May Encourage Uninsured to Forgo Coverage 9/16/08
- Over objections, Judge Approves BJC Healthcare Class-Action Lawsuit Settlement 9/15/08
- BJC Healthcare Class Action Settlement with Uninsured Patients Hits Snag 9/11/08
- nTelagent Sees Consumers Replacing Health Insurers as Primary Payers 9/11/08
- NY Doctors Feel Pressured by Insurer Rules to Alter Patient Treatment: Survey 9/10/08
- Illinois Effort to Limit Uninsured Health Care Expenses Halted by Governor’s Amendments 9/9/08
- More Employers Will Offer High Deductible Health Plans to Curb Costs: Survey 9/8/08
- Grassley Questions Chicago Hospital with Ties to Obamas 9/5/08
- Debt Connection Symposium: Medical Debt Sales on the Rise 9/4/08
- Not-for-profit Hospitals Enter Period of Greater Uncertainty 9/4/08
- Reimbursement Woes Force Physician-owned Hospital Into Chapter 11 9/3/08
- Health Care Providers Find Factoring Companies Fill Financing Void 9/2/08
- PPOs Soon May be Regulated by the Texas Insurance Department 8/29/08
- HMA’s Uninsured Patient Screening Hurt Insured Admissions: Analyst 8/28/08
- Weak Economy Hasn’t Yet Added to Hospital Bad Debt Woes: Fitch Report 8/27/08
- HCA ARM Subsidiary Finds Success Serving the Competition 8/26/08
- New Trend in Medical Debt Sales Bypasses Collection Agencies 8/25/08
- Americans Spending More of Their Income to Pay Medical Bills 8/22/08
- IRS Releases Final Schedule H Form for Not-for-Profit Hospitals 8/21/08
- Irregular Admissions Practice at California Hospital Cited Four Years Ago 8/20/08
Analysis Headlines
- Medical ARM Firms Feeling Pressure of a Sour Economy
- The Cash Market in Healthcare
- Healthcare Self-Pay Collection - Recover from Those Who Can Pay
- Utilizing Revenue Cycle Platforms Benefit Both Patients and Hospitals
- Creditor Survey Underscores Anxiety about Current Economic Conditions
- Competition in Healthcare - Physician Hospitals as Instigators of Change
- Maximizing Revenues in Troubled Times: Proven Methods of Extracting Water from a Stone
- The Tangled Web of Google Health – Online Medical Records Could Change Healthcare Receivables Strategies
- Accounting for Bad Debt: Charity Care, IRS Form 990, and ARM
- How to Maximize the Effectiveness of your Healthcare Collection Agency
- The State of the Industry: What is Next for ARM?
- Healthcare Without a Net
- State Healthcare Reform and the Collection Industry
- Healthcare Debt: Not Your Typical Portfolio
- What Really Makes Healthcare Collections Unique
- Increasing Cash Collections: Best Practices for Healthcare Receivables Management
- Interview: Leigh Marcus, VP of Professional Claims Bureau, Inc
- Legislating Healthcare Funding and its Effects on ARM
- Interview: Jack Nixon of CMRE Financial Services, Inc
- HIPAA and Medical Collections: Staying Compliant Worth the Hassle
- Interview: Michael DiMarco, CEO of The Outsource Group
- Debt Buyers’ Growing Interest in Alternative Asset Classes
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
- Executive Change: Jim Bohnsack to TransUnion as VP of Healthcare Information Solutions 1/6/09
- PSC Info Group Introduces Suite of Automated Patient Communication Solutions 1/6/09
- TransUnion Revenue Manager Addresses “Red Flags Regulations” 11/7/08
- Ohio State Medical Association Announces Partnership with Transworld Systems 11/7/08
- ABEO Buys Pasadena Billing Associates 11/4/08
- Executive Change: Tony Burke Promoted to CEO of All Global 10/31/08
- Health Management Associates, Inc. Reports Third Quarter Earnings 10/29/08
- Industry Research Reveals Large Disparities in Self-Pay Collection Performance 10/27/08
- MDHBA Seats 2008-2009 Board of Directors and Officers at Annual Meeting 10/24/08
- Collection Agencies CBC And VCS Receive Pinnacle Awards From MDHBA 10/21/08
- VHCI Receives HFMA Peer Review Designation 10/13/08
- Transworld Celebrates 10 Years as a Medical Group Management Association Partner 10/10/08
- TransUnion Healthcare Survey Paints Troubling Picture of Medical Bad Debt 10/9/08
- Texas Hospital Assoc. Endorses nTelagent's Retail Application for Healthcare 10/8/08
- Payment America Partners with nTelagent to Help Identify Uncompensated Patient Accounts 10/1/08
- Florida Collection Agency Seeks to Solidify Position Among Medical Providers 9/26/08
- Omega Technology Solutions' Lost Charge Recovery Service Receives HFMA Peer Review Designation 9/22/08
- MDHBA Announces New CPAS Certification for Healthcare ARM Agency Clients 9/19/08
- Doctations Partners with PSC Info Group For Medical Billing Document and Information Processing 9/18/08
- Waud Capital Partners Announces Investment in Healthcare Revenue Cycle Management 9/10/08
- Study Finds Two-Thirds of Healthcare Bad Debt Caused by Insured Patients 9/9/08
- XIFIN Named to Inc. 5000 for Second Consecutive Year 9/4/08
- PSC Info Group Introduces Electronic Bill Presentment and Payment Solution for Healthcare Providers 9/3/08
- FTC Announces Workshop on Emerging Health Care Competition and Consumer Protection Issues 9/2/08
- The Outsource Group Announces Acquisition of Medical Debt Collector 8/29/08
- Genpact Extends Re-engineering Project with Miami Children’s Hospital 8/27/08
- Executive Change: Patrick Rooney Named President and CEO of Centene's Indiana Subsidiary 8/27/08
- eRx Network to Provide Transaction Processing and Revenue Cycle Management Services to Rite Aid 8/22/08
- TeleTech Renews Multiyear Agreement With Leading Healthcare Provider 8/19/08
- GSI Acquires Medical ARM Firm ARGYLE Solutions 8/15/08
- Amerigroup Settles Federal and State Medicaid Fraud Claims for $225 Million 8/15/08
- Fast-Growing Collector Invests in CT Center for Site-Premised Dialer Benefits 8/14/08
- nTelagent Locks in $1.7 Million in Series E Funding 8/12/08
- Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) Program Takes Back Nearly $1 Billion 8/7/08
- TriZetto and Apax Partners Close Merger 8/6/08
- Employees of ARM Firm H & R Accounts Rally to Aid Flood Victims 8/1/08
- South Carolina Hospital Association Endorses nTelagent's Self-Pay System 7/31/08
- MedAssets Announces Affiliation with Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association 7/17/08
- Over 30% of Healthcare Bad Debt Write-Offs Are Due to Inadequate Patient Data: nTelagent 7/17/08
- Orlando Health Expands Mede Self Pay Analytics to Include Physicians Groups 7/15/08
- William J. Lubaway Named HFMA Morgan Award Recipient 7/11/08
- Robert Broadway Assumes HFMA Board Leadership 7/9/08
- Ascent Healthcare Solutions Awarded MedAssets Gold Vendor Designation 7/8/08
- Executive Change: AHC Names Patrick Lutz as President 7/7/08
- Executive Changes: Centene Corporation Announces Key Management Appointments 7/7/08
- Community Health Systems Acquires Partner’s Shares in Alabama Facility 7/3/08
- ZipClaims.com and InstaMed Enhance Medical Billing for Millions of Practitioners 6/27/08
- MDHBA Annual Conference to be Held in Boston this October 6/26/08
- ARGYLE Solutions and Equicare Capital to Merge Brands 6/24/08
- TransUnion’s Enhanced Revenue Manager Improves Hospital Productivity 6/24/08
