As healthcare organizations strive to improve revenue cycle management, they must implement, align and strategize around data.
Tom Schaal, director of product management at healthcare analytics company MedeAnalytics: The key here is transparency. Oftentimes, healthcare organizations use different tools across different teams which make it incredibly difficult for any organization to land on a single source of truth. The value of this central source of easily accessible data, that people within the organization trust cannot be understated. It's a game-changer.
To learn more about how data analytics can transform RCM, access this story from Becker's Hospital Review.
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