Here are five articles recently published by Becker's Hospital Review on revenue cycle management hires, insights into improving collections and more.
1. RCM tip of the day: Look to other industries to improve collections
As hospitals look to increase collections percentages, decrease collections times and reduce costs, there are lessons to be learned from other consumer-focused industries, according to Florian Otto, MD, PhD, CEO and co-founder of revenue cycle management company Cedar.
2. Survey: Hospitals may experience more denials when combining EMR, other RCM systems
Healthcare organizations that use more than one revenue cycle management solution experienced more claim denial problems, according to a new survey by Dimensional Insight and HIMSS Analytics.
3. How automation can improve a hospital's revenue cycle operations — 6 experts weigh in
Here are insights into automation solutions for revenue cycle operations discussed during a recent webinar.
4. Crowdfunding campaigns for stem cell treatments 'potentially misleading,' study says
Patients seeking treatment with unproven stem cell therapies sometimes turn to crowdfunding to pay for the interventions, according to new research published May 8 in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
5. 3 recent RCM hires
The following organizations offering revenue cycle management-related services announced new hires in May.
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