Here are five articles recently published by Becker's Hospital Review that offer insight on recent revenue cycle management service expansions, charges for patient visits, balance billing and more.
1. RCM tip of the day: Approach ambulatory and outpatient visits with a different CDI lens
Healthcare organizations should look at outpatient and ambulatory clinical documentation improvement with specific attention on achieving proper reimbursement, according to Mark Hendricks, vice president of product management at nThrive.
2. Charges for patient visits in hospital setting rose 28% from 2012-17: 6 findings
A new white paper published by Fair Health examines increases in medical prices for certain procedure categories over a five-year time period.
3. Hawaii's largest health system taps AccessOne for patient financing, R1 RCM reveals new revenue cycle platform & more — 11 RCM key notes
Here are 11 recent updates on companies providing RCM services.
4. 6 state bills targeting balance billing in Q1
Here are six bills addressing surprise billing that were proposed, approved or moved through state legislatures during the first quarter of 2018.
5. 6 recent RCM service expansions
Here are six revenue cycle management portfolio expansions involving healthcare vendors and providers so far in March.