Revenue Cycle Management

From an inside look at Cleveland Clinic’s revenue cycle AI literacy program, to IKS Health completing its acquisition of TruBridge, here are 10 revenue cycle updates Becker’s reported in July: 1. Cleveland Clinic System Vice President of Revenue Cycle Management…

Payer policy changes that are not reflected in contracts are the leading source of revenue leakage for providers, according to a July 29 report from Trek Health in partnership with the Healthcare Financial Management Association.  The report is based on…

Brunswick, Ga.-based Southeast Georgia Health System has promoted Kim Holcomb to vice president of revenue cycle. Ms. Holcomb will provide strategic leadership and oversight for the system’s revenue cycle operations, according to a July 30 news release. Her responsibilities will…

Another health insurance CEO is taking aim at the No Surprises Act’s arbitration system. “We do support the overall strategic intent of consumer protection from surprise billing. However, we’re seeing some clear abuses of the IDR vehicle in practice,” Cigna…

AI adoption in healthcare has often outpaced the workforce’s comfort with it, and revenue cycle departments, where automation touches coding, denials and prior authorization daily, are no exception.  The Cleveland Clinic’s revenue cycle department has gotten ahead of that discomfort…

Revenue cycle management company Waystar has named Alpana Wegner as its next CFO, effective Aug. 1.  Ms. Wegner joins Waystar with more than 25 years of finance and operational leadership experience, including serving as CFO for several publicly traded companies,…

As margins tighten across the industry, revenue cycle leaders are finding that one of the most reliable levers for financial performance sits closest to the patient: the billing experience itself. Automating payment collection, consolidating fragmented billing platforms and giving patients…

The push to establish billing codes for AI-enabled clinical analyses is intensifying a longstanding debate over how the healthcare system values nursing work. The American Nurses Association is closely reviewing proposed federal payment policies for emerging technologies, but it cautions…

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…

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. Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center seeks a charge master analyst.  2. Beaufort (S.C.)…