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December 18, 2017 by Berta Alicia Bustamante in Healthcare

Revenue Cycle Leader Profile: Amy Bigbee, McKesson Specialty Health

The following is a profile of just one of the thousands of revenue cycle leaders at healthcare providers across the U.S. I'd like to thank Amy Bigbee for generously offering her time...

December 11, 2017 by Berta Alicia Bustamante in iA Research Assistant

Revenue Cycle Leader Profile: Peter Troia, Aurora Health Care

The following is a profile of just one of the thousands of revenue cycle leaders at healthcare providers across the U.S. I'd like to thank Peter Troia for generously offering his time...

November 22, 2017 by Rozanne Andersen in iA Research Assistant

Powering Up the Rev Cycle – Hot Topics for Healthcare Providers (sponsored)

This article previously appeared on the Ontario Systems blog and is republished here with permission. The Scottsdale sun shined brightly on PowerUp 2017 last month. Specialty tracks, dynamic speakers and record setting...

November 16, 2017 by Berta Alicia Bustamante in Medical Debt

Survey Finds Most Healthcare Providers Plan to Dump Traditional Collections Methods by Q4 2018

According to Black Book’s 2017 Revenue Cycle Management survey, a staggering 82% of medical providers and 92% of hospitals plan to abandon ‘time-intensive, error-prone, manual efforts to back-end process and...

November 15, 2017 by Stephanie Eidelman in Doing it Right

Nurses and RIP Continue Efforts to Forgive Medical Debt

Last week Crain's Detroit Business published a story about an effort by the nurses at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing, Michigan to buy and forgive the medical debts of 500 patients....

November 8, 2017 by Berta Alicia Bustamante in iA Research Assistant

Revenue Cycle Leader Profile: Vishal Ganju, Byram Healthcare

The following is a profile of just one of the thousands of revenue cycle leaders at healthcare providers across the U.S. I'd like to thank Vishal Ganju for generously offering his time...

October 30, 2017 by Berta Alicia Bustamante in Collection Technology

Revenue Cycle Leader Profile: Al Zezulinski, Patient Account Management Systems & Hospital of the University of PA

The following is a profile of just one of the thousands of revenue cycle leaders across the U.S. I'd like to thank Al Zezulinski for generously offering his time to provide his...

October 10, 2017 by Berta Alicia Bustamante in Healthcare

Senator Probes ER Management Company for Pricing Gouging, Contributing to Balance Billing Problem

The billing practices of emergency rooms (ERs) run by EmCare (Envision Healthcare and its subsidiary EmCare Holdings, Inc.) are under the microscope. Following a rash of consumer complaints and public...

October 3, 2017 by Berta Alicia Bustamante in iA Research Assistant

Most States Still Don’t Have Comprehensive Balance Billing Legislation

When emergencies expose consumers to out-of-network providers, balance billing can bring a crushing burden. The recent devastation following multiple hurricanes serves as a sobering reminder that consumers are not always...

September 7, 2017 by Berta Alicia Bustamante in Compliance Management

Rev Cycle Professionals Play an Important Role in Maintaining a Hospital's Tax Exempt Status

Everyone in the hospital revenue cycle community is clamoring to know which hospital lost its tax-exempt status this year, how exactly it all happened, why the hospital in question does...

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