Rising anesthesia subsidies are often treated as a staffing or reimbursement problem. But for many hospitals, the larger issue sits between the two: how effectively staffed anesthesia capacity is converted into procedural volume, documented care and ultimately collected revenue. That…
From R1 RCM striking an agreement to acquire an AI-powered touchless prior authorization company to IKS Health acquiring TruBridge, here are 12 revenue cycle company mergers and acquisitions that have been announced or completed since March 17: 1. R1 RCM…
Ask a Revenue Cycle Leader is a new series featuring insights from health system and hospital revenue cycle executives nationwide. Becker’s poses questions on the most pressing issues in healthcare finance — from payer relations and automation to workforce and…
Revenue cycle management company Knowtion Health has named Steven Huddleston CEO. Mr. Huddleston brings more than 25 years of experience in healthcare finance, strategy and revenue cycle leadership, according to an Oct. 6 company news release. He spent more than…
Utilization management sits between clinical care and the revenue cycle, and at most health systems it is still largely manual: status determinations, concurrent authorizations sent by fax, appeals that drag on for 60 to 90 days. Sharon Kelley — former…
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. Baptist Health, based in Little Rock, Ark., seeks a senior revenue cycle…
The traditional entry point into revenue cycle is getting harder to find. As AI and automation take over more repetitive work, health systems are hiring fewer people to perform manual data entry, basic coding, claim status checks and other transactional…
Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health is weeks away from completing its exit from revenue cycle vendor Conifer Health Solutions. CommonSpirit Senior Executive Vice President and CFO Michael Browning said on an Oct. 2 investor call that the system’s Central and Pacific Northwest…
The executive in charge of the hospital revenue cycle used to run what many health systems treated as a back-office function. In 2026, the job sits much closer to the center of health system strategy. Payers are using AI to…
Revenue cycle leaders are managing an environment that is changing faster than most organizations can adapt, and their team knows it. For many, the most acute pressure comes from payers deploying artificial intelligence to review and deny claims at a…
