From Ardent Health outlining its revenue cycle playbook to Bon Secours Mercy Health netting nearly $1.1 billion from its ownership stake in Ensemble, here are eight revenue cycle updates that Becker’s reported on in August:
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One in Five Insured Patients Was Denied Care Last Year. Hospitals Are Absorbing the Fallout.
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Having insurance was supposed to mean a doctor’s recommendation gets covered. For a growing share of Americans, that is not holding up. A fifth of privately insured working-age adults said they or a family member had doctor-recommended care denied in…
Revenue cycle management company Savista has acquired ABW Medical, an ambulatory RCM firm serving the non-acute healthcare market. The deal expands Savista’s reach into ambulatory and non-acute care revenue cycle, according to an Aug. 27 news release. ABW Medical’s client…
From end-to-end revenue cycle management services to strategic collaborations, here are eight health systems that have struck partnerships with Ensemble since 2025: 1. Indianapolis-based IU Health on June 9 entered a strategic collaboration with Ensemble. Under the collaboration, IU Health…
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. Advent Health, based in Altamonte Springs, Fla. seeks a vice president and…
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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 companies are bolstering their executive leadership teams as they accelerate their investments in artificial intelligence and automation. On Aug. 25, Waystar named former Salesforce executive Amit Khanna chief product and technology officer and promoted Todd Woods to…
In today’s increasingly complex healthcare environment, physician advisors have become one of the most strategically valuable yet underrecognized resources within health systems. Once seen mainly as support for utilization management and difficult discharge planning, they now play a much broader…
Revenue cycle management company FinThrive recently named Brandon Burnett as chief RCM officer. Mr. Burnett joined FinThrive in June after serving as vice president of revenue cycle at Fresno, Calif.-based Community Health System since 2021. Before joining Community Health System,…
The Specialization Advantage: Winning in a More Complex Surgical Revenue Cycle Environment
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Healthcare organizations are facing an increasingly complex revenue cycle environment. From evolving payer policies and staffing challenges to growing denial rates and regulatory requirements, the administrative burden associated with reimbursement continues to rise. At the same time, margins remain under…