Four revenue cycle leaders at the Becker’s 11th Annual Health IT + Digital Health + RCM Conference are shedding light on how denial rate – once a most trusted scorecard in revenue cycle – is a metric that no longer…
Revenue Cycle Management
While hospital leaders debate which revenue cycle tasks to automate and where AI yields the best ROI, a major shift is underway: the other side of the claim is already using AI. Large payers are deploying artificial intelligence to review…
From Wellstar naming a vice president of revenue cycle to Kaiser Permanente naming a senior vice president of revenue realization, here are 39 revenue cycle executive moves Becker’s reported in 2026: 1. Marietta, Ga.-based Wellstar Health System named Denise Waters…
Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth expects fewer than 250 employees systemwide to be affected by its transition of several information technology services to Tech Mahindra and The HCI Group in November, or less than 1.5% of its total workforce, a spokesperson said…
Marietta, Ga.-based Wellstar Health System has named Denise Waters vice president of revenue cycle, according to a post on her LinkedIn page. She joins Wellstar from Bloomington, Minn.-based HealthPartners, where she served as vice president of revenue cycle since June…
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Ten hospitals and health systems recently posted job listings seeking revenue cycle management expertise. Note: This is not an exhaustive list. Listings were compiled from job-seeker sites. 1. Ascension, based in St. Louis, seeks a revenue cycle clinical transformation specialist…
HCA Healthcare CFO Mike Marks said payers have outpaced hospitals on AI-driven claims processing, adding another layer to the friction hospitals face on denials, underpayments and prior authorization. “I know there’s a lot of talk about AI in the hospital…
As healthcare leaders assess the forces reshaping the revenue cycle workforce, connecting with younger employees is an increasingly valuable skill set. Some of those employees, as Mayo Clinic’s Nikki Harper pointed out during Becker’s IT + Revenue Cycle Conference, are…
Amid mounting reimbursement complexity, rising denial rates and staffing challenges, organizations ranging from independent rural hospitals to large, multi-hospital systems are striking partnerships with revenue cycle management firms. Here are nine hospitals and health systems that have outsourced revenue cycle…
R1 has launched Phare Utilization Management, a new AI-powered tool designed to shift utilization management from retrospective chart review to real-time clinical and financial decisioning. Phare UM, built on R1’s Phare OS platform, continuously reviews every patient encounter from admission…